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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  In Jefferson's Shadow: The Architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn
Synopses & ReviewsBook News Annotation:This volume brings together three books of documents and drawings
produced between 1821 and 1858, and acquired in 1999 by the Virginia
Historical Society. Written by architect Thomas R. Blackburn
(1795-1867), the books illustrate architecture and the work of
carpenters at the beginning of the 19th century and help identify the
designers of certain buildings. Here Green examines Blackburn's
education and career--especially under his mentor Thomas
Jefferson--and the establishment of his own practice. The collection
also includes drawings by other architects. Half of the volume is
devoted to plates showing drawings and designs. Green is an
architectural historian and teaches historic preservation at the
Virginia Commonwealth U. The book itself exemplifies beautiful
bookmaking: excellent paper, smythe sewn, and fine cloth binding. It
measures 9.5x12.5".
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a long — and unjustifiably — forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Further inspection rev Synopsis:In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a longa and unjustifiablya forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished builder and his revered master: Thomas Jefferson. In these extraordinary books, we find Blackburn, at first a young carpenter, engaged in the construction of Jeffersona (TM)s famed academical village at the University of Virginia. He simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of architectural study, guided, it appears, by Jefferson himself. The drawings he executed in the four decades that followeda extraordinary ink and watercolor explorations of his many residential and civic commissionsa bear witness to his emergence as a mature and prolific architect in his own right. In Jeffersona (TM)s Shadow is a unique document of the relationship between an unknown but highly skilled country builder and the American statesman widely considered this nationa (TM)s first gentleman architect. But it is also an indispensable resource on the little-understood practice of architecture in the early and mid-nineteenth century. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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