Neoclassicism 17201827

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Neoclassicism 1720-1827
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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
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University of Virginia
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Jefferson designed his home, Monticello it
included automatic doors, the first swivel chair,
and other devices Jefferson invented.
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Virginia state capitoldesigned by Thomas
Jefferson
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• Jefferson is credited with the architectural
  design of the Virginia State Capitol building,
  which was modeled after the Maison Carrée in
  southern France, an ancient Roman temple.
  Jefferson's buildings helped initiate the ensuing
  American fashion for Federal style architecture.

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Federal Style

• Federal Style celebrated the birth of a new
  nation, based upon a style popular in Britain
  that combined Renaissance and Palladian forms,
  French Rococo, and features of ancient Roman
  villas.

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Federal Style Characteristics

• low pitched roof
• smooth facade
• window openings with larger panes and louvered
  shutters
• delicate columns and molding
• exterior detail expressed only at an entrance
• circular, oval, or octagonal room shapes
• interior decoration such as garlands, swags,
  urns, and rosettes applied to walls
• pastel colors

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The Death of SocratesBy Jacques-Louis David
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Napoleon at St. Bernard
Jacques-Louis David 1748-1825