Travel for Master Builders: Trip 1 - Monticello & UVA Lawn

[@girlcurious]

My husband bought me a 1904 brick Queen Anne and I'm SO pleased to be able to watch your videos! I'm learning SO much and it's SO exciting! I LOVE all of the history.

[@BrentHull]

Wonderful! Thx.

[@jelsner5077]

Thomas Jefferson, architect, is my hero! Great suggestions, and I would add Jefferson's private retreat, Poplar Forest, to the list. I built myself a 1:12 scale model in "Jeffersonian Palladian" style (because I can't afford the real thing) 😕 But I DO have a life-sized "folly" in my backyard garden. Another great post

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@MichaelR.Wilson]

Also, everyone should visit Jefferson's retreat home Poplar Forrest, just 90 miles south of Monticello. It was bought from a private owner back in 1983 by a Foundation that has been restoring it ever since.

[@BrentHull]

True! THanks.

[@blackoakspring2193]

Wahoo wah❤

[@BrentHull]

THx

[@JoshPiland]

Thank you Brent, will do! Monticello has a great website too there’s a tour mode.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks!

[@peggyhemenger8983]

I have been to Monticello once, and it's really too much to take in in one day, but so memorable from so many perspectives. From the tour at the time, I picked up more on the man's eccentricities, but that's okay too! Wish I'd known more of him as a true architect.

[@BrentHull]

Word!!

[@robertduffy5805]

Agreed

[@crowznest438]

I used to live near there and am looking forward to hearing your take on one of my favorite places to visit.

[@BrentHull]

Very cool!

[@tc9148]

Having taught at the UVa Darden business school for 17 years and lived in the Charlottesville area, I can attest that the historic architecture is extraordinary and very special. And its reasonably close to Colonial Williamsburg for a great set of visits.

[@BrentHull]

So true. Thanks.

[@rolfselvig335]

Brett, this is so inspiring that you are doing a builder’ travel list! I’m heading to Charlottesville in October with intent to visit these both and the Biltmore. Please keep the the thoughtful ideas coming. Thanks

[@BrentHull]

Have fun! Will do.

[@Couldnt-think-of-a-clever-name]

The Biltmore will be beautiful in October but I would recommend trying to hit it when it's decorated for Christmas if you've never seen it before it's stunning.

[@anotherdishwithana8510]

I will do my travel from KZbin. Think I will start from tonight. Will go to France

[@BrentHull]

Nice. THanks

[@pcatful]

Great idea!

[@BrentHull]

I think so too!

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

At 3:35 a balustrade can be seen on one of the pediments. I’ve seen that before but can’t find anything on its history or it’s significance. What is it called? Are there any ancient structures with feature?? Why would there be a rail on a roof???

[@BrentHull]

Balustrades at roof level are fairly common. When they are directly above a column and entablature they serve as a type of "attic". Thanks.

[@marvinhaines9297]

In the early 1800s, there was, in America, a desire among architects to break free from the stylistic norms introduced and perpetuated by British colonists - namely the Georgian style. A lot of people will look at Monticello, see red brick, white windows, and classicism and say, "That's Georgian!" However, any well-read classicist will immediately recognize the inherent departure from British design - the building's Italian/Palladian massing and deep Tetrastyle Tuscan porticos are about as far from Georgian as one can get and still be in the classical realm. This form of Americanized Palladian architecture has come to be known as "Jeffersonian." Mr. Hull calls the UVA's Lawn "Greek Revival," but, as the details and proportions of the Rotunda and other structures are distinctly Roman/Renaissance , this is actually inaccurate. Greek Revival didn't come about until the 1830s. I would classify the Lawn as Early Classical Revival.

[@BrentHull]

Thx.

[@heatherknopp3723]

Jefferson's choices for all the elements of the Academical Village were all ROMAN - nothing Greek. Each of the 10 pavilions reference a different classical order and design based on Palladio and Fre'art. I highly recommend this video for a detailed exploration of Jefferson's UVA design. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGiwfGmQrJKabJY Oh, and while you're in Charlottesville, drive an hour south to Lynchburg to visit Jefferson's Poplar Forest - his private retreat.

[@BrentHull]

Nice, thanks so much.