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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
Cénotaphe à Newton [Newton Memorial], 1784
Cénotaphe à Newton [Newton Memorial], 1784
National Library, interior, 1785
Pyramidal cenotaph of the Sepulchral Chapel, c1786
Conical cenotaph of the Sepulchral Chapel, c1786
Conical cenotaph of the Sepulchral Chapel, interior, c1786
Metropolitan church at Corpus Christi
Museum, plan, 1789
neoclassical cutaway, 1790s
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.
