Her work analyses some modes of urban representation in the French culture of the second half of the eighteenth century. Two types of intellectual operations, description of reality and imagination of a better alterity, are combined to give voice to an increasingly lively critique of eighteenth-century cities, between reformist momentum and utopian spirit. The focus of the work is on the properly architectural urban representation, which was explored by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799) and Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806). Their writings are unique contributions of a specific kind of Enlightenment and give shape to city models created by the union of architectural reform and transformation of the community.
Book Title
Architettura e Illuminismo
Book Subtitle
Filosofia e progetti di città nel tardo Settecento francese
Authors
Irene Brancasi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
392
Publication Year
2014
Copyright Information
© 2014 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-698-5
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-697-8
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-698-5
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-415-9
Series Title
Premio Tesi di Dottorato
Series ISSN
2612-8039
Series E-ISSN
2612-8020