008 french revolutionary and radical neoclassicism realm of the intellect –not historic piranesi...
TRANSCRIPT
008 FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND RADICAL NEOCLASSICISM
• Realm of the intellect– Not historic
• Piranesi influence• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
– Writer, “will of people, not the king”
• English Influence
CLAUDE NICHOLAS LEDOUX
• ARCHITECTURE PARLANTE – Forms display function
• SALTWORKS 1775 – 79 and on– Plan, half circle with directors house at center– Symbol of rigid salt production and taxation
• BARRIERES OF PARIS 1785 – 89– Tollgates, Picturesque, no two alike
• IDEAL CITY OF CHAUX– Expansion of Saltworks– No central government, UTOPIA
SALTWORKS
AERIAL VIEW
salines de chaux / chaux-01
chaux-01.jpg
ENTRANCE GATE
salines de chaux / chaux-02
chaux-02.jpg
TUSCAN COLUMNS
salines de chaux / chaux-03
chaux-03.jpg
ROUGH STONES BEYOND
salines de chaux / chaux-04
chaux-04.jpg
SOURCE OF SALT - UNDERGROUND STREAMS
DIRECTOR’S HOUSE - AUTHORITY
BARRIERES OF PARIS - PICTURESQUE
EYE OF THE FUTURE
PRISON PROJECT ATAIX EN PROVENCE
IDEAL CITY OF CHAUX
RIVER INSPECTOR’S HOUSE
OIKEMA
OIKEMA - FLOOR PLAN AND SECTION VIEW
ETIENNE LOUIS BOULLEE
• Architecture of the dead• Architectural Visionary
– French Piranesi
• Potent geometric shapes– Pyramid, cone, cube, sphere, cone
• Shadows– Architectural shadows
CEMETARY
METROPOLITAN LIBRARY
PALACE
RADICAL AND VISIONARY NEOCLASSICISM IN ENGLAND
• Same four periods as in France• George Dance II
– Newgate Prison
• John Soane– Remodelled Bank of England – London House
NEWGATE PRISON