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Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780), architect of the Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, later named Le Panthéon, is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Neo-Classical movement in architecture. The exhibition presents a selection of original drawings and rare books, which illustrates some of the major movements in French art and architecture that occurred during(...)
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11 October 1989 to 31 December 1989
French Architecture in the Age of Jacques-Germain Soufflot
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Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780), architect of the Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, later named Le Panthéon, is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Neo-Classical movement in architecture. The exhibition presents a selection of original drawings and rare books, which illustrates some of the major movements in French art and architecture that occurred during(...)
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Speed and its Limits
Speed and its Limits explores the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. A colloquium organised by the CCA, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Stanford Humanities Lab, in preparation for the(...)
Paul Desmarais Theatre
21 June 2008, 9am - 5pm
Speed and its Limits
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Speed and its Limits explores the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and information. A colloquium organised by the CCA, in collaboration with the Wolfsonian-Florida International University and Stanford Humanities Lab, in preparation for the(...)
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21 June 2008
9am - 5pm
Paul Desmarais Theatre
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Visiting Scholars 2005
Paolo Amaldi, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium Topic: Analyse du rapport entre espace architectural et instrument de représentation dans l’oeuvre de Mies van der Rohe Jean-François Bédard, Paris Program, Columbia University, New York, United States Topic: Honnêteté and the Grotesque: a Study of the Album by Gilles-Marie Oppenord(...)
3 January 2005 to 30 September 2005
Visiting Scholars 2005
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Paolo Amaldi, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium Topic: Analyse du rapport entre espace architectural et instrument de représentation dans l’oeuvre de Mies van der Rohe Jean-François Bédard, Paris Program, Columbia University, New York, United States Topic: Honnêteté and the Grotesque: a Study of the Album by Gilles-Marie Oppenord(...)
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3 January 2005 to
30 September 2005
DR1988:0437:046
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a temple dedicated to peace. The temple appears to be centrally-planned, consisting of a square lower story crowned by a shallow dome similar to that of the Pantheon except that is roofed with fish-scale shingles. The front façade is in the form of a triumphal arch.
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printed 1773
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1773
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DR1988:0437:046
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a temple dedicated to peace. The temple appears to be centrally-planned, consisting of a square lower story crowned by a shallow dome similar to that of the Pantheon except that is roofed with fish-scale shingles. The front façade is in the form of a triumphal arch.
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PH1979:0607
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Album titled 'Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype. Daziaro 15 boulevart [sic] des Italiens'. The name Daziaro refers to the print merchant from Saint Petersburg, in Paris. The title page reads: 'Collection de vues de Paris prises au daguerréotype. Gravures en taille douce sur acier par Chamouin'. It shows 25 steel engravings for which daguerreotypes were used as references, of views of Paris (and one of Versailles). It is an example of an early use of photography to make iconographical illustrations. The monuments of Paris portrayed in this album are Place de la Concorde, Palais du Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, Fontaine de la Place Louvois, Château des Tuileries, Église St.-Germain l'Auxerrois, Palais royal, La Bourse, Pont Neuf, Arc de Triomphe, Église de la Madeleine, École militaire et Champ de Mars, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Château de Versailles, Palais du Corps législatif et Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Louvre, Église Notre-Dame, Fontaine Molière, Colonne de la Place Vendôme, Colonne de Juillet, Dôme des Invalides, Panthéon and Église Saint-Sulpice.
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ca. 1855
Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype
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PH1979:0607
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Album titled 'Vues de Paris prises au Daguerréotype. Daziaro 15 boulevart [sic] des Italiens'. The name Daziaro refers to the print merchant from Saint Petersburg, in Paris. The title page reads: 'Collection de vues de Paris prises au daguerréotype. Gravures en taille douce sur acier par Chamouin'. It shows 25 steel engravings for which daguerreotypes were used as references, of views of Paris (and one of Versailles). It is an example of an early use of photography to make iconographical illustrations. The monuments of Paris portrayed in this album are Place de la Concorde, Palais du Sénat, Hôtel de Ville, Fontaine de la Place Louvois, Château des Tuileries, Église St.-Germain l'Auxerrois, Palais royal, La Bourse, Pont Neuf, Arc de Triomphe, Église de la Madeleine, École militaire et Champ de Mars, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Château de Versailles, Palais du Corps législatif et Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, Louvre, Église Notre-Dame, Fontaine Molière, Colonne de la Place Vendôme, Colonne de Juillet, Dôme des Invalides, Panthéon and Église Saint-Sulpice.
ca. 1855
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18th century, 19th century, Antiquité, antiquité, Antiquity, Buffon, Charles de Wailly, Charles-François Viel, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, dessin, drawing, Etienne-Louis Boullée, Étienne-Louis Boullée, France, French Revolution, Grèce, Greece, hôpital, hospital, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Jean-Louis Viel de Saint-Maux, Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand, Lettres d’architecture des anciens et celle des moderns, Panthéon, Paris, Paul Holmquist, Principes de l’ordonnance et de la construction des bâtimens, Renaissance, Révolution française, Rome, Sainte-Geneviève, Vitruve,
28 November 2011
books
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64 pages : illustrations ; 15 x 16 cm.
[Paris] : Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites, 1977.
Le Panthéon / par Pierre Chevallier et Daniel Rabreau.
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64 pages : illustrations ; 15 x 16 cm.
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[Paris] : Caisse nationale des monuments historiques et des sites, 1977.
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Bar brasserie du Panthéon.
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1 folded sheet ([6] pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Paris : [Bar brasserie du Panthéon?], [19--]
Bar brasserie du Panthéon.
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1 folded sheet ([6] pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Paris : [Bar brasserie du Panthéon?], [19--]