Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the American Declaration of
Independence and third president of the United States, was also a
talented architect of neoclassical buildings. He designed Monticello
(1769–1809), his plantation home, and his ideal 'academical village'
(1817–26), which is still the heart of the University of Virginia.
Jefferson's use of an architectural vocabulary based upon classical
antiquity symbolizes both the aspirations of the new American republic
as the inheritor of European tradition and the cultural experimentation
that could be expected as the country matured.
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