The Beaux-Arts and 19th Century French Architecture

by Robin Middleton

Book Overview

Architecture was taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1819 to 1968, by which time the Ecole had outlived its reputation. To the champions of the International Style Beaux-Arts was virtually a term of abuse: authoritarian, academic, and stifling to individual talent. A new and more thoughtful approach to the Beaux-Arts is contained in these essays which discuss the organization and teaching methods of the Ecole, in particular the elaborate competition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262131730
• ISBN13: 9780262131735
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.