Space and Revolution: Projects for Monuments, Squares, and Public Buildings in France, 1789-1799 - Couverture rigide

Leith, James A.

 
9780773507579: Space and Revolution: Projects for Monuments, Squares, and Public Buildings in France, 1789-1799
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0773507574 ISBN 13 : 9780773507579
Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is an unconventional history of architecture during the French Revolution. It reveals how the French revolutionaries attempted to use architecture and urban planning to implant the ideals of the Revolution in the minds of the citizens of the new state. Their ultimate aim was to use the built environment to create a vast community across France in which citizens would be united by common symbols and shared rituals. More than 370 illustrations, many never before published, are featured. Included are artists' renditions - by Boullee, Lequeu, Ledoux and many others - of the plans for numerous buildings, monuments and public squares. There are details, views and sketches reproduced from the original watercolours, pen and ink drawings and blueprints - among them, the sketches for the positioning of the Horses of Marly at the entrance to the Champs-Elysees.

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Éditeur
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0773507574
ISBN 13 
9780773507579
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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