Étienne-Louis Boullée
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Étienne-Louis Boullée was an 18th-century French architect and theorist renowned for his visionary, monumental designs that profoundly influenced the development of Neoclassical architecture.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Boullée | 1 |
| Claude Nicolas Ledoux | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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architect ⓘ architecture theorist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1728-02-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1799-02-04 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
utopian designer
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visionary architect ⓘ |
| employer |
Académie royale d’architecture
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surface form:
Académie Royale d’Architecture
École des Ponts et Chaussées ⓘ
surface form:
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
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| familyName |
Étienne-Louis Boullée
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Boullée
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| fieldOfWork |
architectural theory
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architecture ⓘ |
| genre | architectural treatise ⓘ |
| givenName | Étienne-Louis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neoclassical architecture
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surface form:
Neoclassical architects
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| influencedBy |
Classical architecture
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Enlightenment ideas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on Neoclassical architecture
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monumental scale projects ⓘ visionary architectural designs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| name | Étienne-Louis Boullée self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Essais sur l’art
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surface form:
Architecture, essai sur l’art
Cenotaph for Isaac Newton ⓘ project for a metropolitan cathedral ⓘ project for a museum ⓘ project for a national palace ⓘ project for a royal library ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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architecture theorist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
member of the Académie Royale d’Architecture
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professor of architecture ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
austere surfaces
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emphasis on light and shadow ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ use of pure geometric forms ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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Boullée
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux