Journal #4: 03-01-2010 Design 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 Molden Western 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 Monticello (in Virginia) Jefferson’s Home Villa Rotunda, 1566 Andrea Palladio

Where Did Jefferson Find Inspiration? NOT Designed By Jefferson Designed By Jefferson Pantheon, 118-126 AD University of Virginia Rotunda

Farmington in Louisville, KY (on Bardstown Road) Jefferson Also Designed… Farmington in 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.

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 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ROTUNDA PANTHEON