Compare And Contrast Jefferson's Monticello And Mar A Lago

Our third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, had great intentions when he was elected into the presidency. The actions that took place during his eight years in office reflect the principles that Jefferson believed in, and that is what he wanted to achieve. One of Jefferson’s beliefs was having an agricultural-based economy and life, rather than commerce and federal power. “He believed a person who owned a farm and worked the land would be economically independent, and that independence would develop and preserve wisdom, self-control, courage, and fortitude.

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson wrote a document to France to purchase western land, also known a the Louisiana Purchase. Jefferson was given the land from France, and wanted to study the new purchased territory. He sent out his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis, he had much knowledge about the frontier. Lewis asked for help from William Clark, he also was a draftsman and frontiersman and had more knowledge than Meriwether. Both of the men made a plan to take a two-year trip to the ocean.

One characteristic which typifies Jefferson 's architecture is the use of the octagon and octagonal forms in his designs. Palladio never used octagons, but Jefferson employed them as a design motif—halving them, elongating them, and employing them in whole as with the dome of Monticello, or the entire house at Poplar Forest. The Roman Classical Revival style and later the Greek Revival style emulated the form of classical Roman and Greek temples. The Greek Revival style has much in common with the Roman Classical Revival style in its reliance on the temple form, front pediment, and classical order columns. A typical Roman Classical Revival style building in Pennsylvania would have a front facade dominated by a full height columned portico topped

John Quidor was a mid 19th century genre artist who often illustrated the tales of Washington Irving. He used imagery and put his own twist on the compositions, usually using darker colors and shadows to create dark atmospheres. His work illustrates the theme of nationalism. He portrays America coming together as a nation to fight for freedom against the British.

Personally, I would choose Thomas Jefferson as he seemed to be a master of several trades. Other than being well known as the third U.S. president and as the author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson mastered many disciplines, which ranged from surveying and mathematics to horticulture and mechanics. Jefferson had a keen interest in religion and philosophy which earned him the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, was well versed in linguistics and spoke several languages, founded the University of Virginia, and was a prolific letter writer. As an architect, Jefferson departed from the Georgian style of the day.

He minimized the military, cut many taxes, and reduced public spending significantly. He hoped for an agriculture-based economy with many small farms that would help to pay off the country’s debt. John Ferling points out the way in which "Jefferson consciously set out to banish every trace of monarchy and aristocracy that he believed had defiled Federalist rule”. He was surprisingly modest, as he preferred riding horseback to a carriage and casual attire to the powdered wigs of his predecessors. He wanted to reduce any aristocratic image the people had of him that could be reminiscent of the Federalist style.

The extravagant and embellished homes depicted in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald all illustrate the novel’s main characters. The novel captures themes such as the American dream, dissatisfaction, social class, and love. Some of these themes are portrayed through the homes of the main characters. Fitzgerald represents the social class, personality, lifestyle, and the hidden intentions of the main characters through the homes of Nick Carraway, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby. Nick Carraway is a simplistic, observant, and down to earth man, he is honest and many characters find him easy to confide in.

In their colonial stay of fewer than 100 years in old Saigon, the French left behind a rich architectural heritage reflecting shifting trends from the Second Empire and Third Republic to, even later, art deco and Le Corbusier. With high ceilings and fans, louvered doors and windows, the colonial buildings were ideally suited to Vietnam’s muggy climate. By the 1930s, the French had developed a unique Indo-Chinese architecture, fusing Western and Asian elements, a style reflected in the Vietnam History Museum and the botanical gardens. They also created broad, tree-lined boulevards and dense, walkable side

I will analyse its connection to the Italian city, and how the Italian villa became such a far-reaching and critical model for the design of villas throughout other cultures worldwide. For one to understand the thinking and principals behind Italian villa design, I will first discuss the birth of the villa, the purpose by which it fulfils and how it became

The development of modern day architecture is very fascinating. Even though it has a very significant difference to architecture in the past, it still has many similarities. Many famous buildings we have today still show the same basic designs. For example, the Lincoln Memorial is very similar to the Parthenon.

Thomas Jefferson during the 1790’s-1800’s while working with federalists Alexander Hamilton, his viewpoints were different. During the 1790’s Jefferson was known to be in the democratic-republican party where he progresses an ideal structure of equivalencies between money and weight standards with the American/Spanish currency. Jefferson took charge of the republicans after a conflict created two parties, republican-democratic and the federalist, who empathized with the revolutionary cause in France. While attacking the federalist policies, Jefferson opposed a strong centralized government and granted the rights of states. While Jefferson was in presidency, he cut down on the Army and Navy expenditures, cut the U.S. budget, eliminated the tax

I will never forget my 8th grade trip to Washington DC. One of my most profound memories was meeting Congressman John Lewis. When I was first informed about the upcoming consultation, I couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe I was going to have the opportunity of listening to such a well known person’s inspiring story. After going to many museums on the second day of the trip, we finally made our way on the bus to the Cannon House Office Building, right across from the US capitol.

The architecture I chose is the Biltmore Estates, located in Ashville, North Carolina. The main architect of the Biltmore Estates was Richard Morris Hunt, hired on by George Vanderbilt. Mr. Vanderbilt fell in love with North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains and decided to purchase 125,000 acres surrounding the location where the 250-room home would be built. Richard Morris Hunt designed the house, replicating working estates of Europe, especially those of the French Renaissance style. Rafael Guastavino constructed the arched, fireproof tile ceilings.

1. Term: Naturalism is described as events that happen are determined by the natural forces. One leading to another, causing the next force to happen. There is no free will where a person cannot indicate what happens; we just react to the forces of the events.

Often nicknamed the “Freedom Tower,” the 104-story skyscraper is made of 2,000 pieces of prismatic glass and stands at 1,776 feet tall, its height being a subtle tribute to the year that America won its independence (Fowler). The observation deck, at over 1,250 feet, offers dazzling views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey, and beyond, allowing the tourist to experience a sense of unity: the city is one, the nation is one, and the world is one. The new tower continues the old’s symbolic representation of world peace while soaring above the ruins of a catastrophic day in American