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Thomas Jefferson’s Use of Palladio to Express Republican Virtues in Architecture
Subjects: Architecture, Art, U.S. History, World Languages
Description:
The lesson focuses on the symmetry found in late eighteenth-century art, music, law, and architecture, inter alia. It highlights how Jefferson viewed this symmetry and order as republican virtues influenced by Palladian architecture.