Jefferson and PalladioConstructing a New World23 September 2015 - 28 March 2016
curated by Guido Beltramini and Fulvio Lenzo
in collaboration with Fondazione Canova, Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin
curated by Guido Beltramini and Fulvio Lenzo
in collaboration with Fondazione Canova, Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin
Biographical note on Thomas Jefferson
1743 | he is born at Shadwell in Virginia |
1769 | work begins on constructing Monticello |
1771 | he designs and starts to build the extension to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg (never completed) |
1775 | the thirteen North American colonies rebel against Great Britain |
1776 | he drafts the Declaration of Independence |
1776 | he works on an initial design for the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond |
1779 | he is elected Governor of Virginia |
1783 | he is elected to Congress |
1783 | Great Britain is defeated and recognizes the independence of the thirteen colonies: the United States of America is founded |
1784 | he is sent to Paris as ambassador: he will stay there five years and will visit Britain, Holland and Northern Italy |
1785 | the Land Ordinance |
1785-1786 | he begins constructing the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond to his own design |
1789 | the French Revolution breaks out |
1789 | he returns to America and one year later is appointed State Secretary to the first president, George Washington |
1791-1792 | he collaborates with the architect C.P. L’Enfant on the plan for Washington D.C. |
1792 | under a pseudonym, he presents a design for the U.S. President’s House in Washington |
1794 | he modifies the design for Monticello: he removes the upper floor and doubles the size of the ground floor |
1797 | he is appointed Vice President of the United States |
1798 | he begins the construction to his own design of the house at Edgehill for his daughter Martha and husband Thomas Mann Randolph |
1801 | he is elected President of the United States |
1803 | he designs the house at Farmington for his friend George Divers |
1804 | he is elected President of the United States for a second term of office |
1804-1807 | he commissions Benjamin Latrobe to design some alterations to the White House |
1806 | he begins the construction of Poplar Forest |
1809 | he retires from political life to Monticello |
1817 | he begins the construction of the University of Virginia |
1817 | construction work starts on the house at Bremo, for which Jefferson offers advice and possibly some drawings |
1817 | he designs the Barboursville mansion for his friend James Barbour |
1817 | progetta la residenza di Barboursville per il suo amico James Barbour |
1824 | he constructs Christ Church in Charlottesville (demolished in 1895) |
1825 | the construction of the anatomical theatre, not included in the original design, for the University of Virginia |
1826 | he dies at the age of 83 |