Resumen de Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest: The mathematics of an ideal villa
At Poplar Forest, the "occasional retreat" of his retirement from the American presidency, Thomas Jefferson envisioned a place of harmonious order expressed in architecture and landscape through pure geometry. The design was neoclassical in spirit, though its individual features reflected a variety of influences, especially that of Palladio. Characteristic of Jefferson's approach to design, the composition combined and adapted elements of several models.
