Symposium "New Discoveries of Thomas Jefferson's Architecture and Design,” March 16-17-2018 February 16 2018
School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Department of Architectural History, 60th anniversary of the Bachelor of Architectural History program.
Held in conjunction with exhibition at the Fralin Art Museum at the University of Virginia titled “From the Grounds Up: Thomas Jefferson Architecture and Design.” exhibition at the Fralin Art Museum at the University of Virginia.
Sponsors: President’s Commission on the Bi-Centennial, the Center Palladian Studies in America, the Fralin Art Museum, and the School of Architecture.
Location: Campbell Hall, School of Architecture, Room 153. Tables with books will be in the lobby.
Registration Fee $10. Per person, register on line at:
http://www.arch.virginia.edu/thomas-jefferson-symposium
Talks will be about 35 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion
Schedule
Friday, March 16
8:30 Registration and coffee outside 153
9:00 Session 1 Chair Richard Guy Wilson, Department of Architectural History
9:15 Talk Niya Bates, Historian, Monticello “Those Who Labor”: Enslaved Craftsmen and the Making of Monticello”
10:00 talk Linda Binsted (Architect, graduate student Architectural History) “Brick Palladian Architecture: Jefferson’s Transformation of Stone to Clay”
10:45 break-coffee available
11:15 Talk Susan Stein Senior Curator & VP for Museum Programs Monticello, “Jefferson Reconsidered: The Evolution of Monticello's Interpretation”
Lunch break 12-1:15 (Lunches are available in café in Campbell Hall, on the Grounds at the University Newcomb Hall, Garden Room, Colonnade Club, and also at the nearby “Corner” A list and maps will be available
1:30 Session 2 Chair, William Sherman, Department of Architectural
Talk Howard Burns, Director International Palladio Study Center, Vicenza
"Memory, books and cutting and pasting the "Bible" in Jefferson's design process."
2:15 Talk Ann Lucas, Historian, Monticello “Jefferson and the Architecture of “old French Books”
3: 00-3:30 break
3:30-4:15 Talk Will Rieley, Landscape Architect and Historian, “A Regular Irregularity: A Fresh Look at Jefferson’s Landscape Designs”
4:15-5:00 Talk James Thompson, Historian, “Jefferson and Freemasonry in France”
5:30-7:00 Reception and viewing exhibit at Fralin Museum
Saturday March 17
8:30 Registration and coffee outside 153
9:00 Session 3, Chair Sheila Crane, Department of Architectural History
Talk Calder Loth Senior Architectural Historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, emeritus, “Architectural Anomalies on the Lawn"
9:50 Talk Louis Nelson, Professor, Architectural History, UVA “Design and Construction at UVA.”
10:40 break-coffee available
11:10 Talk Joseph Lasala, architectural historian “The Commencement of a Regular Town"
11:50 Lunch
1:30 Session 4, Chair Andrew Johnston, Chair Historic Preservation
Talk Marie Frank, Kundrun Fellow, International Center for Jefferson Studies “Fiske Kimball and Thomas Jefferson: Why Not Bulfinch?”
2:15 Talk Travis McDonald, Director of Architectural Restoration, and Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest “Poplar Forest Redivivus: Recovering the Missing Link”
3:00 Conclusion,
Tours of the Exhibition and Lawn will be available.
Meet 3:30 in lobby of Museum, or south side of the Rotunda.
Speakers and titles
Niya Bates, Historian, Monticello “Those Who Labor”: Enslaved Craftsmen and the Making of Monticello”
Linda Binsted (Architect, graduate student Architectural History) “Brick Palladian Architecture: Jefferson’s Transformation of Stone to Clay”
Howard Burns, Director International Palladio Study Center
"Memory, books and cutting and pasting the "Bible" in Jefferson's design process."
Marie Frank, Kundrun Fellow, International Center for Jefferson Studies “Fiske Kimball and Thomas Jefferson: Why Not Bulfinch?”
Joseph Lasala, architectural historian “The Commencement of a Regular Town"
Calder Loth Senior Architectural Historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, emeritus, “Architectural Anomalies on the Lawn"
Ann Lucas, Historian, Monticello “Jefferson and the Architecture of “old French Books”
Travis McDonald, Director of Architectural Restoration, Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest “Poplar Forest Redivivus: Recovering the Missing Link”
Louis Nelson, Professor, Architectural History, UVA “Design and Construction at UVA.”
Will Rieley, Landscape Architect and Historian, “A Regular Irregularity: A Fresh Look at Jefferson’s Landscape Designs”
Susan Stein Senior Curator & VP for Museum Programs Monticello, “Jefferson Reconsidered: The Evolution of Monticello's Interpretation”
James Thompson, Historian, “Jefferson and Freemasonry in France”