Journal #4: 03-01-2010Design Your Dream Home

Pretend that money is no object, and describe what your future home would be like if you could design it from the ground up.

You can sketch it out too, if you like. Some ideas: Where would your

dream home be located? Would you have hidden rooms? A swimming pool? 30 closets?

THOMAS JEFFERSON: AMERICAN RENAISSANCE MAN

By Vanessa MoldenWestern High School

Facts about Thomas Jefferson

Third President 1801-1809 Born: April 13, 1743 in Virginia Died: July 4, 1826 at Monticello in

Virginia Married to Martha Wayles Skelton

Jefferson Drafted the Declaration of Independence Founded and designed buildings for the

University of Virginia

Facts about Thomas Jefferson

Powerful advocate of liberty Studied at the College of William and

Mary, then read law Excellent writer, not a good speaker Wrote a bill establishing religious

freedom Minister to France, Sympathetic to the

Revolution Renaissance Man: Architect, Scientist,

Writer

Where Did Jefferson Find Inspiration?

DESIGNED BY JEFFERSON

NOT DESIGNED BY JEFFERSON

Virginia State Capitol 1785-1792

Maison Caree, 19-16 BC

Where Did Jefferson Find Inspiration?

NOT DESIGNED BY JEFFERSON

DESIGNED BY JEFFERSON

Villa Rotunda, 1566Andrea Palladio

Monticello (in Virginia)Jefferson’s Home

Where Did Jefferson Find Inspiration?

NOT DESIGNED BY JEFFERSON

DESIGNED BY JEFFERSON

Pantheon, 118-126 AD

University of Virginia Rotunda

Farmingtonin Louisville, KY(on Bardstown Road)

It was originally the home of the Speed family, friends of Abraam Lincoln. Lincoln lived there briefly while recovering from an illness.

Jefferson Also Designed…

Characteristics of Jefferson’s Architecture

Makes use of elements of Greek and Roman Architecture

Called Greek Revival or Neoclassical Columns Domes Rotundas Pediments / Gables

Use these images for the Open Response Question

PANTHEONUNIVERSITY

OF VIRGINIA

ROTUNDA