The architecture of the French Enlightenment / Allan Braham.

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Braham, Allan.

Title & Author:

The architecture of the French Enlightenment / Allan Braham.

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288 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Bibliography: p. 279-282.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) and index.
PART 1: JACQUES-GERMAIN SOUFFLOT (1713-1780) AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: 1. The early years of Soufflot: training and background, design for St. Genevieve. -- 2. Official taste of the mid-century: Blondel and Gabriel, Marigny and Soufflot. -- 3. Theory and practice in church architecture: Laugier and Contant d'Ivry . -- 4 The face of the land: archaeology, engineering and early 'English' gardens. -- 5. The later career of Soufflot, the completion of Ste. Genevieve.
PART 2: BUILDINGS OF THE 1760s AND THEIR ARCHITECTS: 6. The Roman background: Peyre, de Wailly and Moreau-Desproux -- 7. Three Paris architects: Le Camus de Mezieres, Boullee and Antoine. -- 8. Early 'bascillican' churches and their architects: Potain, Trouard and Chalgrin . -- 9. Gondoin and the Ecole de Chirurgie, Victor Louis and the theatre of Bordeaux.
PART 3: CLAUDE-NICOLAS LEDOUX (1735-1806) : -- 10. Introduction training and early works. -- 11. The 1770s: the patronage of Mmle Guimard and Mme du Barry; the saltworks of Arc and Senans, the theatre of Besancon. the Hotel de Thelusson. -- 12. The later works: the 'barriers' of Paris; projects for Aix, the ideal town of Chaux.
PART 4: ARCHITECTURE BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION: 13. Two Paris architects: Brongniart and Belanger. -- 14. Paris, the country and the court. -- 15. Architectural theory and practice after the Revolution.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français
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ISBN:

0520041178
9780520041172
0520067398
9780520067394

Subject:

Neoclassicism (Architecture) France.
Architecture France History 18th century.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) France.
Architecture France Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture.
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Architektur
Neoclassicism (Art) France 18th century.
Architecture France 18th century.
Architecture, Modern France History.
Architecture France
France.
Frankreich

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History.

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Location: Library main 65644
Call No.: 5755; ID:85-B9224
Status: Available

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