Thomas Jefferson on Taste and the Fine Arts

by M Andrew Holowchak

Book Overview

Jefferson tended to classify the books of his libraries under the Baconian headings of memory, reason, and imagination, which corresponded to history, philosophy, and the fine arts. Thus, education in the Fine Arts, which Jefferson listed as eight, was considered an indispensible part of the life of an educated person-especially a Virginian. An educated person needed knowledge of architecture, gardening, painting, sculpture, rhetoric, belle lettres,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648895719
• ISBN13: 9781648895715
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"