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Le deux cent cinquantième anniversaire de l'un des plus beaux ensembles urbains du XVIIIe siècle, la place Stanislas de Nancy, ancienne place Royale restaurée et rendue au piéton en 2005, offre l'occasion au musée des Beaux-Arts d'une vaste exposition consacrée, aux villes européennes entre 1720 et 1770. Après les transformations du XVIIe siècle qui libérèrent la ville du(...)
De l'Esprit des villes : Nancy et l'Europe urbaine au siècle des Lumières 1720-1770
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Le deux cent cinquantième anniversaire de l'un des plus beaux ensembles urbains du XVIIIe siècle, la place Stanislas de Nancy, ancienne place Royale restaurée et rendue au piéton en 2005, offre l'occasion au musée des Beaux-Arts d'une vaste exposition consacrée, aux villes européennes entre 1720 et 1770. Après les transformations du XVIIe siècle qui libérèrent la ville du carcan de ses remparts et avant les grands bouleversements des révolutions, tant politiques, économiques, philosophiques qu'esthétiques, au XVIIIe la cité s'affirme par son élégance et sa beauté dans une série de places et de bâtiments publics, d'aménagements et de promenades urbaines : en ce siècle, l'urbanisme s'appelle encore embellissement. Plans, estampes, dessins, maquettes anciennes, sculptures et peintures illustrent ainsi cet âge d'or urbain, partout manifeste en Europe, de Paris à Rome, de Nancy à Lisbonne, de Rennes à Saint-Pétersbourg, Cent quatre-vingt-cinq rouvres provenant de nombreuses collections françaises et étrangères permettent ainsi d'appréhender des thèmes essentiels de l'histoire de la ville au XVIIIe siècle : la mise en scène du pouvoir (places royales, villes-résidences...), le discours sur les monuments publics (églises, hôtels de ville, fontaines), la vie économique, les bouleversements volontaires ou subis, le théâtre et la fête urbaine. Mise en images et en mots par les plus beaux esprits du temps et les pinceaux des plus talentueux vedutistes (Bellotto, Canaletto, Pannini, Guardi...), la vie de ces cités révèle ses multiples facettes dans ce catalogue richement illustré, rédigé par les plus éminents spécialistes de l'histoire des arts et de l'architecture.
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Rome: A City Out of Print
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Focusing on images and descriptions of movement and spectacle-everyday street activities, congregations in market piazzas, life in the Jewish ghetto and the plague hospital, papal and other ceremonial processions, public punishment, and pilgrimage routes-Rose Marie San Juan uncovers the social tensions and conflicts within seventeenth century Roman society that are both(...)
Rome: A City Out of Print
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Focusing on images and descriptions of movement and spectacle-everyday street activities, congregations in market piazzas, life in the Jewish ghetto and the plague hospital, papal and other ceremonial processions, public punishment, and pilgrimage routes-Rose Marie San Juan uncovers the social tensions and conflicts within seventeenth century Roman society that are both concealed within and prompted by mass-produced representations of the city. These depictions of Rome-guidebooks, street posters, broadsheets and brochures, topographic and thematic maps, city views, and collectible images of landmarks and other famous sights-redefined the ways in which public space was experienced, controlled, and utilized, encouraging tourists, pilgrims, and penitents while constraining the activities and movements of women, merchants, dissidents, and Jews.
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September 2001, Minneapolis
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In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our(...)
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June 2004, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
The Greeks and the irrational
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In this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology and psychology, Dodds asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes of thought which we do not find in any society open to our direct observation?" Praised by reviewers as "an event in modern Greek scholarship" and "a book which it would be difficult to over-praise," this book was Volume 25 of the Sather Classical Lectures series.
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A la suite du Concile de Trente et de la Contre-Réforme, la France, après l'Italie, développe au XVIIe siècle une nouvelle architecture religieuse. Innovation la plus remarquable, un dôme coiffe ces églises destinées à réaffirmer la foi catholique en face du protestantisme. Il devient l'élément phare d'une élégante architecture baroque, spécifiquement française. Toute une(...)
Dômes : Paris dômes sacrés du grand siècle
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A la suite du Concile de Trente et de la Contre-Réforme, la France, après l'Italie, développe au XVIIe siècle une nouvelle architecture religieuse. Innovation la plus remarquable, un dôme coiffe ces églises destinées à réaffirmer la foi catholique en face du protestantisme. Il devient l'élément phare d'une élégante architecture baroque, spécifiquement française. Toute une série d'édifices fleurissent ainsi à Paris, toujours plus vastes et plus ambitieux à mesure que grandit le pouvoir royal, qui les magnifie. La Révolutions s'empare plus tard de ces lieux, fascinée par leur forme antique qu'elle récupère à son profit tout en vandalisant leurs richesses. Le dôme perdure jusqu'à la veille de la seconde guerre mondiale. Étude d'une forme architecturale riche de significations, ce livre se lit comme un récit, et ses images révèlent des lieux souvent méconnus.
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Histoire de l'architecture
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Cette encyclopédie, qui couvre l'histoire des constructions humaines depuis les premiers abris préhistoriques jusqu'aux bâtiments les plus étonnants du XXIe siècle, s'adresse tout autant aux amateurs d'art et de tourisme urbain qu'au grand public.
Histoire de l'architecture
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Cette encyclopédie, qui couvre l'histoire des constructions humaines depuis les premiers abris préhistoriques jusqu'aux bâtiments les plus étonnants du XXIe siècle, s'adresse tout autant aux amateurs d'art et de tourisme urbain qu'au grand public.
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De la Vierge couronnée aux anges de l’Apocalypse représentés sur les vitraux, des statues des saints à la galerie des rois et au somptueux frontispice, Patrick Demouy livre les derniers secrets du grand chef-d’œuvre architectural de l’art gothique. Une visite hors du commun sur les traces des rois sacrés sous la voûte gothique. Le livre de référence pour comprendre(...)
Notre-Dame de Reims: sanctuaire de la royauté sacrée
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De la Vierge couronnée aux anges de l’Apocalypse représentés sur les vitraux, des statues des saints à la galerie des rois et au somptueux frontispice, Patrick Demouy livre les derniers secrets du grand chef-d’œuvre architectural de l’art gothique. Une visite hors du commun sur les traces des rois sacrés sous la voûte gothique. Le livre de référence pour comprendre l’histoire et les symboles de l’ancien sanctuaire de la monarchie française. Patrick Demouy est professeur d’histoire médiévale à l’université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne.
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When buildings speak: architecture as language in the Habsburg empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
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In When Buildings Speak, Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language(...)
When buildings speak: architecture as language in the Habsburg empire and its aftermath, 1867-1933
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In When Buildings Speak, Anthony Alofsin explores the rich yet often overlooked architecture of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire and its successor states. He shows that several different styles emerged in this milieu during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Moreover, he contends that each of these styles communicates to us in a manner resembling language and its particular means of expression.
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2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the(...)
Burnham of Chicago: architects & planner
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2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hines’s book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the birth and growth of an American city. In commemoration of the historic anniversary of Burnham’s Plan, this edition of Burnham of Chicago includes a new introduction by American history scholar, Neil Harris.
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This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the (...)
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
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This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the East. Separate chapters in Part I cover the principal regions of the Roman Empire in turn, bringing out the distinctive characteristics of their mosaic workshops. Questions of technique and production, of the role of mosaics in architecture, and of their social functions and implications are treated in Part II. The book discusses both well known works and recent finds, and balances consideration of exceptional masterpieces against standard workshop production. Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any comparable surviving medium; and secondly, their character as works of artisan production closely linked to their architectural context.
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January 1900, Cambridge
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From the end of the fifteenth century to the closing years of the seventeenth, England underwent radical social change. English architecture changed radically as well, and the homes of the gentry were transformed as members of this class grew in numbers, wealth, and importance. This abundantly illustrated book provides for the first time a full account of the houses(...)
Houses of the Gentry 1480-1680
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From the end of the fifteenth century to the closing years of the seventeenth, England underwent radical social change. English architecture changed radically as well, and the homes of the gentry were transformed as members of this class grew in numbers, wealth, and importance. This abundantly illustrated book provides for the first time a full account of the houses that were built and inhabited by the upper classes during this rich and fascinating period. Architectural historian Nicholas Cooper explores hundreds of gentry houses, some well known and others far less familiar, and considers their evolution in the light of economic, political, and social changes of the age. The book begins with a discussion of the members of the gentry class, their increasing influence, notions of gentility, and evolving attitudes toward the art of architecture and the craft of building. Cooper then traces changes in the architecture and layout of many specific upper class houses and shows how broader social trends and needs were reflected in such developments as the reception of classicism and the evolution of the new types of plans. This book is a treasury of information about English upper-class houses of 1480 to 1680, and about the attitudes and motives of those who built, owned, and lived in them.
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December 1999, New Haven
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