Claude-Nicolas Ledoux; architecture and utopia in the era of the French Revolution.9783764374853 Claude-Nicolas Ledoux; architecture and utopia in the era of the French Revolution. Vidler, Anthony. Birkhauser Boston 2006 159 pages $46.95 Hardcover NA1053 Vidler (Cooper Union architecture school, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) examines the aesthetics and historical context of the work of French architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806). Color and b&w drawings, sketches, photos, and other illustrations support the text, which discusses Ledoux's style, designs, and buildings that combined styles of architectural 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. . Examples include Saline de Chaux, Theatre of Besancon, and the Royal Saltworks salt·works pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A place where salt is produced commercially. Noun 1. saltworks - a plant where salt is produced commercially of Arc-et-Senans. The book was originally published in French in 2005. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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