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+ | [[Image:Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1784_Cenotaphe_a_Newton_interior.jpg|thumb|258px|Proposal for the ''Cénotaphe à Newton'' [Newton Memorial], interior, 1784.]] | ||
Étienne-Louis Boullée (February 12, 1728 – February 4, 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today. | Étienne-Louis Boullée (February 12, 1728 – February 4, 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today. | ||
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+ | ==Proposals== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1784_Cenotaphe_a_Newton_2.jpg|Cénotaphe à Newton [Newton Memorial], 1784 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1784_Cenotaphe_a_Newton.jpg|Cénotaphe à Newton [Newton Memorial], 1784 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1785_National_Library_interior.jpg|National Library, interior, 1785 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_c1786_Pyramidal_cenotaph_of_the_Sepulchral_Chapel.jpg|Pyramidal cenotaph of the Sepulchral Chapel, c1786 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_c1786_Conical_cenotaph_of_the_Sepulchral_Chapel.jpg|Conical cenotaph of the Sepulchral Chapel, c1786 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_c1786_Conical_cenotaph_of_the_Sepulchral_Chapel_interior.jpg|Conical cenotaph of the Sepulchral Chapel, interior, c1786 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_Metropolitan_church_at_Corpus_Christi.jpg|Metropolitan church at Corpus Christi | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1789_Museum_plan.jpg|Museum, plan, 1789 | ||
+ | Boullee_Etienne-Louis_1790s_neoclassical_cutaway.jpg|neoclassical cutaway, 1790s | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
* Emil Kaufmann, [http://davidrifkind.org/fiu/library_files/kaufmann%20boullee.pdf "Étienne-Louis Boullée"], ''The Art Bulletin'' 21:3 (September 1939), pp 213-227. | * Emil Kaufmann, [http://davidrifkind.org/fiu/library_files/kaufmann%20boullee.pdf "Étienne-Louis Boullée"], ''The Art Bulletin'' 21:3 (September 1939), pp 213-227. | ||
* Emil Kaufmann, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10065 Three Revolutionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu]'', Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1952. | * Emil Kaufmann, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=10065 Three Revolutionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu]'', Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1952. | ||
+ | * Ross Wolfe, [http://rosswolfe.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/revolutionary-precursors-radical-bourgeois-architects-in-the-age-of-reason-and-revolution/ "Revolutionary precursors: Radical bourgeois architects in the age of reason and revolution"], ''The Charnel-House'' blog, 25 June 2011. | ||
− | == | + | ==External links== |
− | * http:// | + | * [http://expositions.bnf.fr/boullee/ Boullée at French National Library] (in French) |
− | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Louis_Boull%C3%A9e Boullée at Wikipedia] | |
− | * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Louis_Boull%C3%A9e |
Revision as of 12:26, 18 December 2013
Étienne-Louis Boullée (February 12, 1728 – February 4, 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today.
Proposals
Literature
- Emil Kaufmann, "Étienne-Louis Boullée", The Art Bulletin 21:3 (September 1939), pp 213-227.
- Emil Kaufmann, Three Revolutionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu, Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1952.
- Ross Wolfe, "Revolutionary precursors: Radical bourgeois architects in the age of reason and revolution", The Charnel-House blog, 25 June 2011.