HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT.
The work offered re-establishes the instruction outlined in the first
curriculum of the University, 1818, the earliest proposal for instruction in
architecture in any American university. An unrivalled background is
provided for it by the buildings and environment of Charlottesville; the
University group, with its old buildings especially designed to furnish examples
of the various orders "as specimens for the architectural lecturer,"
its new buildings designed by Stanford White; the works of sculpture by
Houdon, Ezekiel, Bitter, Borglum, Keck, Shrady, and Aitken; the exhibitions
of paintings brought to the University with part of the income of
the McIntire fund.
Inquiries from prospective students of Architecture regarding choice
of electives, transfer of credits from other departments or other institutions,
etc., may be addressed to Fiske Kimball, Professor of Art and
Architecture.
