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See Through Ledoux

Architecture, Theatre, and the Pursuit of Transparency

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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux’s engraving Coup d’œil du théâtre Besançon in which the architect’s building is seen reflected in the eye of a viewer, is the center piece in this intellectual archaeology. Rodolphe el-Khoury’s close reading of Ledoux’s celebrated icon uses it to excavate the foundations of architectural transparency, Modernism’s most potent and lasting “invention,”…

 

SKU: 50035
Size: 7 x 9″
Pages: 120
Binding: softbound
Publication Date: Spring 2006
ISBN: 978-0-9746800-8-8
World Rights: Available

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“The image becomes a site of entry into the culture of the eighteenth century yielding insights into important philosophical, and architectural issues.”

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Size

7 x 9"

Pages

120

Binding

softbound

Publication date

Spring 2006

ISBN

978-0-9746800-8-8

World rights

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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux’s engraving Coup d’œil du théâtre Besançon in which the architect’s building is seen reflected in the eye of a viewer, is the center piece in this intellectual archaeology. Rodolphe el-Khoury’s close reading of Ledoux’s celebrated icon uses it to excavate the foundations of architectural transparency, Modernism’s most potent and lasting “invention,” which is here traced back to an intellectual milieu that precedes the industrial revolution’s glass and steel building technology. The image becomes a site of entry into the culture of the eighteenth century – debates in public health, the political ideas of Rousseau, the philosophy of Condillac, the project of the Encyclopaedie – yielding insights into important philosophical, and architectural issues. The book includes a translation of Ledoux’s chapter on the theater from his magnum opus, Considarae Sous le Rapport de l’art, des Moers, et de la Legislation.

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SKU: 50035
Size: 7 x 9″
Pages: 120
Binding: softbound
Publication Date: Spring 2006
ISBN: 978-0-9746800-8-8
World Rights: Available

See Through Ledoux

“The image becomes a site of entry into the culture of the eighteenth century yielding insights into important philosophical, and architectural issues.”

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