"The Architecture Of The Ecole Des Beaux-Arts" 1977 DREXLER, Arthur [edited by]

DREXLER, Arthur [edited by][525] pp.The Museum Of Modern Art/ The MIT Press197711 3/8" x 9 1/2" Fine/ Fine Scroll Down for (11) Additional Scans: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 Academy's 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 architects—among them Henri Labrouste, architect of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, and Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris Opéra. All illustrations are accompanied by extensive explanatory captions, and a selection of important large