What is the object and subject and details of the Thomas Jefferson memorial?

Answer 1

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is modeled after the Pantheon of Rome in the classic style was introduced to this country by Thomas Jefferson. Architect John Russell Pope tried to use Jefferson's tastes in his design. Architects Daniel P. Higgins and Otto R. Eggers took over construction upon the untimely death of Pope in August 1937. The memorial was begin by an Act of Congress approved in June 1934. On November 15, 1939, a ceremony was held in which President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Memorial. In 1941, Rudolph Evans was commissioned to sculpt the statue of Thomas Jefferson. The statue of Jefferson looks out from the interior of the Memorial toward the White House. The bronze statue is 19 feet tall and weighs five tons. Adolph A. Weinman's sculpture of the five members of the Declaration of Independence drafting committee submitting their report to Congress is featured on the triangular pediment. In the interior of the Memorial are five quotations taken from Jefferson's writings that illustrate the principles to which he dedicated his life.