Erik H. Neil, director of the Chrysler Museum of Art, poses next to a bust of Thomas Jefferson during a tour of an exhibit titled "Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Palladian Models, Democratic Principles, and the Conflict of Ideals." At the museum in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.
That contradiction is weaved into a new art exhibit that explores Jefferson’s highly influential architectural ideas. The show, which opens Saturday in Virginia, offers another reckoning over the founding father’s legacy and the role of enslaved Americans. “The paradox — or hypocrisy, to be harsher — is that he’s creating an architecture that’s for liberty and against monarchs and aristocracy,” Neil said. “And yet it’s dependent upon slave labor.”
For example, one model shows his anonymously submitted imagining of the White House. Boasting a dome and based on a 16th Century Italian villa, Jefferson’s idea was ultimately rejected in a 1792 competition. There is also a paneled door furnished by John Hemmings. He was an enslaved woodworker and a brother of Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman whom scholars say had children with Jefferson. The siblings spelled their last names differently.
Woven.
Black folks in Virginia have known this forever.
There are no contradictions.... Jefferson (0lus Washington and the rest of the bunch) truly believed in the equality of all human beings. The problem is that they didn't consider anyone else but the white people as human beings
FYI to those confused: Weaved and woven are used differently and weaved is uncommon for most. Weaved is 'still in action' while woven is has already finished what it was doing.
Just toured Monticello last week. They were all over slavery & Jefferson during the tour. Guide was excellent. No sugar coating.
Just look at plantation homes designed the same way as homes in Africa, Haiti, Caribbean
Talk about Compartmentalizing.
“...contradiction is woven...” For the love of everything holy, can’t anyone speak English any more?!?
i was pretty glad to see that TJMonticello discusses the slaves on his plantation, and has a tour specifically to educate people about that critical part of our history. all americans, especially white americans, must confront this legacy.
And then we had a civil war in which our current country was formed. Unfortunately slavery was not just an American issue during the 1700's. Let's live in 2029,. Thanks
Blow me AP
I wonder if harambe liked pumpkins
Hey, AP, the word is 'woven'
This is why China is stealing our jobs
'You did some great things, i ain't denying your fame, i'm just saying they need to put an asterisk next to your name.'
Marxists keep trying to subvert the United States and tear our roots out.
Woven.
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