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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux : architecture and utopia in the era of the French Revolution / Anthony Vidler, [translation, Michael Wachholz].
Fine Arts Library NA1053.L4 V5313 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vidler, Anthony.
- Standardized Title:
- Ledoux. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Ledoux, Claude Nicolas, 1736-1806--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ledoux, Claude Nicolas.
- Ledoux, Claude Nicolas, 1736-1806.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 159 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Architecture and utopia in the era of the French Revolution
- Place of Publication:
- Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, 2006.
- Summary:
- Architect of the French revolution, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-"1806) was also one of the most revolutionary architects of the eighteenth century. His famous guard and customs houses are familiar to every traveler to Paris, and his Saltworks at Chaux an important architectural pilgrimmage site. His concept of an "architecture parlante, or "speaking architecture," one that clearly symbolizes its function, has infl uenced generations of architects. This concept has served as a source of inspiration for unusual designs, especially since the 1930s, when Ledoux was rediscovered by Emil Kaufmann in his famous study "From Ledoux to Le Corbusier." Claude-Nicolas Ledoux is an accessible portrait of the forerunner of modernity by the great architectural theorist and historian Anthony Vidler.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3764374853
- 3764374845
- OCLC:
- 65341215
- Publisher Number:
- 9783764374853
- 9783764374846
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