Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

42032

Type

chapter

Titre

Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia: restoration of the Academical Village

Langues

English

Auteurs

Howard, James Murray

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 64-71

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

universities / historic monuments / restoration / campuses / conservation of historic monuments / conservation of architecture / Neoclassicism

Pays mentionnés

United States

Monuments et sites

Academical Village, University of Virginia, USA

Personnalités

Jefferson, Thomas

Résumé en anglais

Between 1817 and 1826 the central precinct of the University of Virginia was built by Thomas Jefferson, a "gentleman architect" who had already served his country as ambassador to France and President. He called it the Academical Village, emphasizing that all activities of daily life and academia should be served by an arrangement of man-made structures integrated with the landscape. The buildings also served as textbooks of classical detailing and embodiments of neoclassical ideals. Here Jefferson stated his admiration for a cultivated European heritage as the foundation for cultural developments in the New World. It remains unique in the Americas.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash10.pdf

Document joint

wash10.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)