Architecture and Utopia in the Era of the French Revolution.Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. He is best known for his 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England described Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806) as the boldest and most extreme French Revolutionary architect. Known to many for his visionary engravings--such as his coup d'oeil of the theatre of Besancon, shown here--his utopian visions still have resonance today. In Architecture and Utopia in the Era of the French Revolution by Anthony Vidler (Basel: Birkhauser, 2006, [pounds sterling]23), Ledoux's influential buildings and designs are presented and interpreted both aesthetically and historically, reflecting their complex character between emblem and instrument, spectacle Spectacle Speed (See SWIFTNESS.) Aïda opera renowned for its scenic grandeur; sometimes played with on-stage elephants. [Ital. and shelter, ideal and utopia--revealing the architect's allegiance to the twin principles of classicism classicism, a term that, when applied generally, means clearness, elegance, symmetry, and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. It is sometimes synonymous with excellence or artistic quality of high distinction. and utopianism u·to·pi·an·ism also U·to·pi·an·ism n. The ideals or principles of a utopian; idealistic and impractical social theory. utopianism 1. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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