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This book is published to coincide with the exhibition "A Civic Utopia" at The Courtauld Gallery of Art, 2016. In addition to the ‘Introduction’ by the authors, it contains an essay entitled ‘Law, Order and the Beautiful’ by Nicholas Olsberg and ‘Case Studies’ by Basile Baudez. The essay explores the Enlightenment themes: A New Rome, Porta, Ratio, Lex, Sanitas,(...)
History until 1900, France
July 2016
A civic utopia : architecture and the city in France, 1765-1837
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$39.95
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This book is published to coincide with the exhibition "A Civic Utopia" at The Courtauld Gallery of Art, 2016. In addition to the ‘Introduction’ by the authors, it contains an essay entitled ‘Law, Order and the Beautiful’ by Nicholas Olsberg and ‘Case Studies’ by Basile Baudez. The essay explores the Enlightenment themes: A New Rome, Porta, Ratio, Lex, Sanitas, Spectaculum, Lexicon and Exemplum. The case studies examine the work of Louis Combes, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, André Sainte-Marie Châtillon, Paul Piot, François-Joseph Bélanger and Louis-Pierre Baltard.
History until 1900, France