Frontispiece for Laugier's book Essay on Architecture
The infuence of the neoclassical - Fuseli painting "Artist Moved to Despair"
The infuence of the neoclassical - David painting "The Oath of the Horatii"
The infuence of the neoclassical - Canova sculpture "Psyche revived by Cupid's Kiss"
The
rococo of the 1730s
The neoclassicism influenced by direct measurement of resources
The neoclassicism influenced by direct measurement of resources
Antiquities of Athens title page
Example plate from Antiquities of Athens
Vestibule of the House in the Capitol - capitals based on Tower of the Winds
Nolli Plan of Rome, 1748 - a figure-ground diagram of urban public space
Detail of the Nolli Plan - note that public space includes church interiors
Caoncepts of Figure-Ground and Figure-Ground-Reversal
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Piranesi ink wash - Paestum
Piranesi - a "Carceri" (prisons) engraving
Piranesi - engraving of the Campidoglio
Piranesi - engraving of a Roman ruin
Piranesi - engraving of a tomb
Diderot
Title page of Diderot's Encyclopedia
A plate from Diderot's Encyclopedia
The frontispiece of Diderot's Encyclopedia (note the use of light)
Ange-Jacques Gabriel - Place de la Concorde
Ange-Jacques Gabriel - Place de la Concorde
Ange-Jacques Gabriel - Petite Trianon
Pantheon of Paris - Soufflot
Pantheon of Paris - Soufflot
Ecole de Chirurgie - Gondoin
Ecole de Chirurgie - Gondoin
Ecole de Chirurgie - Gondoin
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
Saltworks at Chaux - Ledoux
Saltworks at Chaux - Ledoux
House for Mde. Guimard - Ledoux (compare w next slide)
Pavilion IX at UVa (compare w previous slide)
Barriere la Villette - Ledoux
Barriere la Villette - Ledoux
Barriere Rotunde at Parc Monceau - Ledoux
Barriere (unknown location) - Ledoux
Barriere d'Enfer (Gates of Hell) - Ledoux
Barriere du Trone - Ledoux
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Biblioteque Nationale - Boullee
Boullee - A Visionary Meta-Architect
Cenotaph to Newton - Boullee
Cenotaph to Newton - Boullee