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- and historical styles, as well as by placement and function. Batty and Thomas Langley, for instance, proposed a seat in keeping with the Gothic style in their85 KB (11,717 words) - 17:54, April 7, 2021
- Book of Architecture (1728) provided Thomas Jefferson with classical models of temples, while Batty and Thomas Langley’s Gothic Architecture (1747) offered44 KB (5,866 words) - 14:29, April 1, 2021
- from sun and rain.” [Fig. 10] Batty and Thomas Langley, “Four Examples of Arcades for Piazza’s,” in Batty Langley, Gothic Architecture (1747), pl. 29. Anonymous17 KB (2,087 words) - 11:33, February 11, 2021
- Charles Carter), c. 1742–46. Batty and Thomas Langley, “A Square Umbrello,” in Gothic Architecture (1747), pl. 50. Thomas Jefferson, Design for a decorative54 KB (7,141 words) - 13:18, April 12, 2021
- form of a Temple,” in A Book of Architecture (1728), pl. 67. Batty and Thomas Langley, “Gothick [sic] Portico,” in Gothic Architecture (1747), pl. 32. Benjamin41 KB (5,290 words) - 15:36, August 13, 2021
- protection of a hooded window to cast a shadow.” back up to History Batty and Thomas Langley, “Four Examples of Arcades for Piazza’s,” in Gothic Architecture (1747)57 KB (7,617 words) - 13:34, April 1, 2021
- Five Collomnes, in The Mirror of Architecture (1734), pl. 1. Batty and Thomas Langley, “Five new Order of Columns, Plain & Enriched,” in Gothic Architecture24 KB (3,316 words) - 19:57, October 30, 2020
- hours of the industrious citizen.” Jefferson, Thomas, July 1806, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (1944: 323) “The146 KB (20,921 words) - 14:54, August 13, 2021
- emerged. Batty Langley argued in New Principles of Gardening (1728) for the inclusion of flowering shrubs with evergreens and deciduous trees. Thomas Whately80 KB (11,541 words) - 13:25, April 12, 2021
- Maryland; and Thomas Jefferson and Pierre-Charles L’Enfant in Washington, DC [Fig. 6]—were direct imports of 18th-century urban design principles. Thomas Twining’s89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
- seems to be laid out like a Garden.” Jefferson, Thomas, 1771, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (1944: 26) “a few72 KB (10,105 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
- all parts of the world.” Jefferson, Thomas, c. 1804, describing improvements for Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (quoted108 KB (14,954 words) - 15:38, August 13, 2021
- Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful Garden at Twickenham,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IX. “Canals X and Z” Batty Langley, One32 KB (4,191 words) - 10:41, April 6, 2021
- such splendid and romantic scenery.” Jefferson, Thomas, 1771, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (1944: 26) “open80 KB (11,249 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
- Grandfather’s pedantry.” Jefferson, Thomas, May 4, 1811, in a letter to Bernard M’Mahon, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville62 KB (8,610 words) - 10:50, April 6, 2021
- parterre we might be led to expect.” Jefferson, Thomas, September 4, 1804, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (quoted in40 KB (5,678 words) - 17:24, August 19, 2021
- vine-props are already fixed in the ground.” Jefferson, Thomas, 1804, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (quoted in Nichols61 KB (8,699 words) - 13:31, April 12, 2021
- able to compare them with hedges.” Jefferson, Thomas, c. 1804, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (Massachusetts88 KB (12,511 words) - 20:49, March 29, 2021
- and the “K. well-improved field.” Jefferson, Thomas, c. 1804, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (Massachusetts87 KB (12,484 words) - 13:27, April 12, 2021
- to the Oblisk.” back up to History Jefferson, Thomas, 1771, describing Monticello, plantation of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, VA (1944: 26) “. .60 KB (7,896 words) - 19:37, August 12, 2021