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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(...)
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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(...)
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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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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
September 2001, Minneapolis
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated(...)
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated(...)
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June 2008, New Haven, London
June 2008, New Haven, London
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Brilliant women : 18th-century bluestockings
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated with portraits, prints, and personal artifacts, "Brilliant women" tells the story of this fascinating group of women. The authors chart the changing fortunes of the female intellectual and explore how a number of bluestocking women, such as artist Angelica Kauffmann, historian Catharine Macaulay, and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, used portraiture to advance their work and their reputations in a period framed by the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. "Brilliant women" pays tribute to the friendships and achievements of these bluestocking women, presenting new information on the range of cultural activities in which they were engaged, as well as celebrating their legacy.
Brilliant women : 18th-century bluestockings
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During the 18th century a remarkable group of women formed the Bluestocking Salon, where women and men met to debate contemporary ideas and promote the life of the mind. Together, these cultural innovators helped forge new roles for women as influential thinkers, writers, and artists, and their creative achievements were publicly celebrated. Richly illustrated with portraits, prints, and personal artifacts, "Brilliant women" tells the story of this fascinating group of women. The authors chart the changing fortunes of the female intellectual and explore how a number of bluestocking women, such as artist Angelica Kauffmann, historian Catharine Macaulay, and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, used portraiture to advance their work and their reputations in a period framed by the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. "Brilliant women" pays tribute to the friendships and achievements of these bluestocking women, presenting new information on the range of cultural activities in which they were engaged, as well as celebrating their legacy.
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June 2008, New Haven, London
June 2008, New Haven, London
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History until 1900
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The history of architecture in the palm of your hand. Lavishly illustrated and super-condensed, this book is the perfect gift for any architecture buff. In the handy, pocket-size volume bursting with 600 illustrations, page after page is dedicated to informative introductions to significant architectural movements, time lines, and capsule biographies of great architects(...)
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The history of architecture in the palm of your hand. Lavishly illustrated and super-condensed, this book is the perfect gift for any architecture buff. In the handy, pocket-size volume bursting with 600 illustrations, page after page is dedicated to informative introductions to significant architectural movements, time lines, and capsule biographies of great architects(...)
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History until 1900
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February 2008, New York
February 2008, New York
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Architecture: a world history
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The history of architecture in the palm of your hand. Lavishly illustrated and super-condensed, this book is the perfect gift for any architecture buff. In the handy, pocket-size volume bursting with 600 illustrations, page after page is dedicated to informative introductions to significant architectural movements, time lines, and capsule biographies of great architects and explorations of the masterpieces they created. From the pyramids to cathedrals to skyscrapers, this title takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the most spectacular examples of architecture from around the world and throughout time.
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The history of architecture in the palm of your hand. Lavishly illustrated and super-condensed, this book is the perfect gift for any architecture buff. In the handy, pocket-size volume bursting with 600 illustrations, page after page is dedicated to informative introductions to significant architectural movements, time lines, and capsule biographies of great architects and explorations of the masterpieces they created. From the pyramids to cathedrals to skyscrapers, this title takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the most spectacular examples of architecture from around the world and throughout time.
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February 2008, New York
February 2008, New York
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Nicolas Foucquet, le très célèbre surintendant de Louis XIV, entreprit la construction du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte en 1637. Pour mener à bien son projet., il fit appel aux plus grands: à Louis Le Vau et à André Le Nôtre pour dessiner les plans et les jardins, à Charles Le Brun pour réaliser les décors intérieurs. Lorsque ce chef-d'œuvre fut achevé en 1661, Louis XIV(...)
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Nicolas Foucquet, le très célèbre surintendant de Louis XIV, entreprit la construction du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte en 1637. Pour mener à bien son projet., il fit appel aux plus grands: à Louis Le Vau et à André Le Nôtre pour dessiner les plans et les jardins, à Charles Le Brun pour réaliser les décors intérieurs. Lorsque ce chef-d'œuvre fut achevé en 1661, Louis XIV(...)
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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Le château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
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Nicolas Foucquet, le très célèbre surintendant de Louis XIV, entreprit la construction du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte en 1637. Pour mener à bien son projet., il fit appel aux plus grands: à Louis Le Vau et à André Le Nôtre pour dessiner les plans et les jardins, à Charles Le Brun pour réaliser les décors intérieurs. Lorsque ce chef-d'œuvre fut achevé en 1661, Louis XIV poussé par son ministre Colbert prit ombrage du succès de son surintendant et prononça sa disgrâce. Depuis trois siècles, le château de Vaux-le-Vicomte demeure un lieu privilégié car, fait exceptionnel, il ne subit que peu de transformations extérieures grâce à ses propriétaires successifs, le maréchal de Villars, le duc de Choiseul-Praslin, Alfred Sommier et le conte Patrice de Vogüe, qui eurent tous le même souci : préserver ce monument de l'architecture classique.
Le château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
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Nicolas Foucquet, le très célèbre surintendant de Louis XIV, entreprit la construction du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte en 1637. Pour mener à bien son projet., il fit appel aux plus grands: à Louis Le Vau et à André Le Nôtre pour dessiner les plans et les jardins, à Charles Le Brun pour réaliser les décors intérieurs. Lorsque ce chef-d'œuvre fut achevé en 1661, Louis XIV poussé par son ministre Colbert prit ombrage du succès de son surintendant et prononça sa disgrâce. Depuis trois siècles, le château de Vaux-le-Vicomte demeure un lieu privilégié car, fait exceptionnel, il ne subit que peu de transformations extérieures grâce à ses propriétaires successifs, le maréchal de Villars, le duc de Choiseul-Praslin, Alfred Sommier et le conte Patrice de Vogüe, qui eurent tous le même souci : préserver ce monument de l'architecture classique.
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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Bruxelles, une ville où s'affiche à l'infini des façades d'habitations qui défient l'imagination, comme nulle part ailleurs. Où l'individualité de chacun et de chaque époque a imprimé sa marque. Où le savoir-faire, l'inventivité et la fantaisie ont créé des centaines de façades étonnantes qui méritent d'être rencontrées et, surtout, regardées. Deux historiennes de l'art(...)
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Bruxelles, une ville où s'affiche à l'infini des façades d'habitations qui défient l'imagination, comme nulle part ailleurs. Où l'individualité de chacun et de chaque époque a imprimé sa marque. Où le savoir-faire, l'inventivité et la fantaisie ont créé des centaines de façades étonnantes qui méritent d'être rencontrées et, surtout, regardées. Deux historiennes de l'art(...)
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March 2008, Bruxelles
March 2008, Bruxelles
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400 façades étonnantes à Bruxelles
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Bruxelles, une ville où s'affiche à l'infini des façades d'habitations qui défient l'imagination, comme nulle part ailleurs. Où l'individualité de chacun et de chaque époque a imprimé sa marque. Où le savoir-faire, l'inventivité et la fantaisie ont créé des centaines de façades étonnantes qui méritent d'être rencontrées et, surtout, regardées. Deux historiennes de l'art sont parties à la découverte de ces façades le plus souvent méconnues. Cécile van Praet-Schaack et Isabelle de Pange multiplient ici les points de vue, se jouant des habituelles classifications pour mieux aborder ce précieux patrimoine dans toute sa richesse. Repères historiques, de styles, de vocabulaire architectural et des techniques utilisées. Index des architectes, artisans et entrepreneurs. Situation des façades avec carte de la région bruxelloise.
400 façades étonnantes à Bruxelles
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Bruxelles, une ville où s'affiche à l'infini des façades d'habitations qui défient l'imagination, comme nulle part ailleurs. Où l'individualité de chacun et de chaque époque a imprimé sa marque. Où le savoir-faire, l'inventivité et la fantaisie ont créé des centaines de façades étonnantes qui méritent d'être rencontrées et, surtout, regardées. Deux historiennes de l'art sont parties à la découverte de ces façades le plus souvent méconnues. Cécile van Praet-Schaack et Isabelle de Pange multiplient ici les points de vue, se jouant des habituelles classifications pour mieux aborder ce précieux patrimoine dans toute sa richesse. Repères historiques, de styles, de vocabulaire architectural et des techniques utilisées. Index des architectes, artisans et entrepreneurs. Situation des façades avec carte de la région bruxelloise.
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March 2008, Bruxelles
March 2008, Bruxelles
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Chinoiseries
Chinoiseries
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Chinoiserie is a European style and not, as is sometimes supposed by Sinologists, an incompetent to imitate the arts of China. This book reproduces 42 watercolors of Chinoiserie pavilions.
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Chinoiserie is a European style and not, as is sometimes supposed by Sinologists, an incompetent to imitate the arts of China. This book reproduces 42 watercolors of Chinoiserie pavilions.
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Chinoiseries
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Chinoiserie is a European style and not, as is sometimes supposed by Sinologists, an incompetent to imitate the arts of China. This book reproduces 42 watercolors of Chinoiserie pavilions.
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Chinoiserie is a European style and not, as is sometimes supposed by Sinologists, an incompetent to imitate the arts of China. This book reproduces 42 watercolors of Chinoiserie pavilions.
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April 2008, New York
April 2008, New York
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Founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. Preserving Petersburg represents a(...)
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Founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. Preserving Petersburg represents a(...)
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History until 1900
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July 2008, Bloomington, Indianapolis
July 2008, Bloomington, Indianapolis
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Preserving Petersburg: history, memory, nostalgia
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Founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. Preserving Petersburg represents a significant departure from traditional representations. By moving beyond the "Petersburg text" created by canonized writers and artists, the contributors to this engrossing volume trace the ways in which St. Petersburg has become a "museum piece," embodying history, nostalgia, and recourse to memories of the past. The essays in this attractively illustrated volume trace a process of preservation that stretches back nearly three centuries, as manifest in the works of noted historians, poets, novelists, artists, architects, filmmakers, and dramatists.
Preserving Petersburg: history, memory, nostalgia
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Founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as Russia's westward-oriented capital and as a visually stunning showcase of Russia's imperial ambitions, has been the country's most mythologized city. Like a museum piece, it has functioned as a site for preservation, a literal and imaginative place where Russians can commune with idealized pasts. Preserving Petersburg represents a significant departure from traditional representations. By moving beyond the "Petersburg text" created by canonized writers and artists, the contributors to this engrossing volume trace the ways in which St. Petersburg has become a "museum piece," embodying history, nostalgia, and recourse to memories of the past. The essays in this attractively illustrated volume trace a process of preservation that stretches back nearly three centuries, as manifest in the works of noted historians, poets, novelists, artists, architects, filmmakers, and dramatists.
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July 2008, Bloomington, Indianapolis
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L'arc de triomphe
L'arc de triomphe
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284 marches pour conquérir Paris ! À 50 mètres du sol, depuis l'Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, la capitale dévoile toute son histoire et la plus belle perspective du monde : un fil magique, tendu entre la Grande Arche de la Défense et le Louvre. Avec pour jalons les Champs-Élysées, l'obélisque de la Concorde, le jardin des Tuileries, l'arc de triomphe du Carrousel et la(...)
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284 marches pour conquérir Paris ! À 50 mètres du sol, depuis l'Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, la capitale dévoile toute son histoire et la plus belle perspective du monde : un fil magique, tendu entre la Grande Arche de la Défense et le Louvre. Avec pour jalons les Champs-Élysées, l'obélisque de la Concorde, le jardin des Tuileries, l'arc de triomphe du Carrousel et la(...)
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284 marches pour conquérir Paris ! À 50 mètres du sol, depuis l'Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, la capitale dévoile toute son histoire et la plus belle perspective du monde : un fil magique, tendu entre la Grande Arche de la Défense et le Louvre. Avec pour jalons les Champs-Élysées, l'obélisque de la Concorde, le jardin des Tuileries, l'arc de triomphe du Carrousel et la pyramide du Louvre. Implanté au centre de la place Charles-de-Gaulle, l'Arc de Triomphe est le plus illustre symbole de l'histoire de France.
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284 marches pour conquérir Paris ! À 50 mètres du sol, depuis l'Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, la capitale dévoile toute son histoire et la plus belle perspective du monde : un fil magique, tendu entre la Grande Arche de la Défense et le Louvre. Avec pour jalons les Champs-Élysées, l'obélisque de la Concorde, le jardin des Tuileries, l'arc de triomphe du Carrousel et la pyramide du Louvre. Implanté au centre de la place Charles-de-Gaulle, l'Arc de Triomphe est le plus illustre symbole de l'histoire de France.
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January 2008, Paris
January 2008, Paris
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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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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
June 2004, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
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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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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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June 2004, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
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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(...)
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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(...)
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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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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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January 2009, Paris
January 2009, Paris
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