UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1: ROTUNDA

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Title	UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1: ROTUNDA
View	East entrance, depicting general view of the open space before the Rotunda
Notes	educational
Work Type	university college rotunda library
Style/Period	Neoclassical Palladian
Creator Name	Jefferson, Thomas
Creator Nationality	American
School of Creator	Neoclassical
Date.Creator Birth	1743
Date.Creator Death	1826
Major Design Aspects	academic village strong axis plinth part of a complex historical reference
Elements & Spatial Types	quadrangle colonnade portico pediment circular hall dome
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Charlottesville
State/Province	VA
Architectural Material	brick, wood
Structural System	bearing masonry
Dates	1817-1826
Century	19C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	3/31/1993
Subject Information	The architectural form of the university was rooted in ideas for an academic village' which Jefferson had been developing between 1804-10. This was comprised of two lines of five pavilions linked by colonnades, containing lecture rooms and accommodation for ten professors, which faced each other across a vast lawn. Following a suggestion by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the head of the composition was marked by a great circular library modeled on the Pantheon and built from Jefferson's designs in 1823-27. No previous university had been planned in this way, though the pavilion layout may have been suggested by the unusual disposition of Louis XIV's Chateau of Marly, which Jefferson had visited while in Paris....the pavilions themselves, all differently designed, are elegant and witty versions of Palladian sources and correct antique detailing.....'. Source: 'A History of Western Architecture' by David Watkin, p 371.
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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