ARCH&UD 10B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: London 1851 Chess Tournament, Watercolor Painting, Crystal Palace, London
4 May 2017
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Why shouldn"t architecture have its own little revolution . One of the first occupation of the new king. Wanted to make versaille into a museum of national history. Henri labrose and the french academy in rome. Apart of the curriculum of french academy in rome. All student selected had to produce architecture study of a classical building. Henri labrouste, analysis of the temple of paestum, 1828. For the first time, the forms were not analyzed form ideal perspective but the production of social and cultural settings. Argue that the structure was not a temple but an assembly hall for secular not religious rituals. Imagined it to have decorations and colors. Represented radical challenge of timeless aesthetic ideas. Described this as revolution on a few sheets of paper. Felix dubna and the french academy in rome. Pinning the way for a successful career for a french architect. He chose protestant church, to challenge archaeology studies and modern architecture.
