{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-the-ecole-des-beauxarts-an-exhibition-presented-at-the-museum-of-modern-art-new-york-october-29-1975january-4-1976-catalog-9780870702211","title":"The Architecture of the Ecole des beaux-arts: An exhibition presented at the Museum of Modern Art  New York  October 29  1975-January 4  1976 : catalog","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere  for the first time in this century  is an opportunity to reexamine the philosophy of the Beaux-Arts school of architecture  whose two-hundred-year history represented the body of ideas and buildings against which the modern movement rebelled.  Based on the doctrines of architecture formulated by the French Academy during the eighteenth century  the Ecole des Beaux-Arts system of instruction stressed drawing as the primary means of visualizing architectural form. The Concours du Grand Prix de Rome was the ultimate test of ability  and thus the index of the Academys ideals throughout this period. This book reproduces  in more than 200 drawings  projects for the Grand Prix and for virtually every other type of competition or assignment at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Included are drawings by students who subsequently became preeminent as professional architectsamong them Henri Labrouste  architect of the Bibliothque Sainte-Genevive  and Charles Garnier  architect of the Paris Opra. All illustrations are accompanied by extensive explanatory captions  and a selection of important larger studies appear on specially folded inserts  enabling the reader to view them in unusually clear and precise detail.  Complementing the student work reproduced here is a selection of photographs by major Beaux-Arts buildings executed in France and the United States. In all  the book contains 423 illustrations  23 in color  and 10 inserts.  The Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts offers an enlightening analysis of the school. The authors examine Beaux-Arts concepts of theory and practice and assess major work by each of the schools main factions. The essay by Richard Chafee covers the schools complex political and administrative history and is followed by a survey of the schools evolving notions of architectural compositionfrom Charles Percier through Garnierby David Van Zanten. Neil Levine discusses the emergence of the Neo-Grec and the ideas of Labrouste  which in their preoccupation with literature and meaning in architecture parallel some recent concerns. In the final essay  Arthur Drexler examines such issues as the uses of the past  the ethical implications of style versus \"non-style \" and the techniques of visualizing buildings that have influenced the development of modern architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651871465525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0870702211","price":389.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780870702211.jpg?v=1781843227","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-the-ecole-des-beauxarts-an-exhibition-presented-at-the-museum-of-modern-art-new-york-october-29-1975january-4-1976-catalog-9780870702211","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}