Title & Author:

The architecture of the École des Beaux-Arts / edited by Arthur Drexler ; essays by Richard Chafee, Arthur Drexler, Neil Levine, David Van Zanten.

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art ; Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by MIT Press, ©1977.

Description:

525 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Based on an exhibition shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 29, 1975-Jan. 4, 1976.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface and acknowledgments / Arthur Drexler -- Engineer's architecture : truth and its consequences / Arthur Drexler -- The teaching of architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts / Richard Chafee -- Architectural composition at the École des Beaux-Arts from Charles Percier to Charles Garnier / David Van Zanten -- The romantic idea of architectural legibility : Henri Labrouste and the neo-grec / Neil Levine -- Beaux-arts buildings in France and America -- Notes to the essays -- Lists of architects and their works.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0870702440
9780870702440
0262040530
9780262040532

Subject:

Paris Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
Eclecticism in architecture France.
Architecture France History 19th century.
Eclecticism in architecture United States.
Architecture United States History 19th century.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Éclectisme en architecture France.
Architecture France Histoire 19e siècle.
Éclectisme en architecture États-Unis.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Eclecticism in architecture
Architekturtheorie
Arquitetura (Estudo E Ensino)
France
United States

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Drexler, Arthur.
Chafee, Richard.
Levine, Neil, 1941-
Van Zanten, David, 1943-
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 59636
Call No.: ID:85-B6677
Status: Available