The Beaux-Arts and 19th Century French Architecture
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Architecture was taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1819 to 1968, by which time the Ecole had outlived its reputation. To the champions of the International Style Beaux-Arts was virtually a term of abuse: authoritarian, academic, and stifling to individual talent. A new and more thoughtful approach to the Beaux-Arts is contained in these essays which discuss the organization and teaching methods of the Ecole, in particular the elaborate competition...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262131730
ISBN13:9780262131735
Release Date:January 1982
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:280 Pages
Weight:2.15 lbs.
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