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HIST 406. Monticello

Cross listed with: ARTH 406  
Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 010612

A seminar on the architecture and material culture of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. The course will examine the house’s design, artwork, decorative arts, mechanical devices, landscape/garden design and Mulberry Row. Topics will include African-American artisans at the Monticello joinery, Jefferson’s Indian Hall, and European and African-American domestic life in the Federal Period. Required field trips. Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.