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 - (MeisterDrucke-169131).jpg "The Barriere de La Villette, 1784-87 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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_(1784-1789)_mad_-_(MeisterDrucke-927222).jpg "Architecture: view of the Rotunda de la Villette (Rotunda Ledoux) (1784-1789) made by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806). Paris, Place Stalingrad by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-928064).jpg "A glance at the theatre of Besancon by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-557028).jpg "The Barriere de La Villette by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Cross-Section of the Entrance to Salt Works in the Ideal City of Chaux by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Elevation of the house of the director of the salt works in the")
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.jpg "La Villette Rotunda Built in 1789 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Perspective View of a Canon Forge, Engraved by Coquet et Bovinet by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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_du_Barry_mistres_-_(MeisterDrucke-1001741).jpg "View of the Palace of Countess Jeanne Becu, Countess du Barry, Mistress of Louis XV by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Perspective view of the city of Chaux, 1804 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Project for a Country Villa by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Design for a Country Villa by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Project for the Ceiling of the Salle de Spectacle de Besancon by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, born March 21, 1736, in Dormans, a picturesque commune in the Marne, is a prominent name in French neoclassical architecture. His rural heritage remained deeply embedded in his memory and profoundly influenced his work. Ledoux was more than just an architect - he was a visionary planner and builder who realized both public and private projects, as well as a utopian far ahead of his time. For him, the art of architecture was a form of poetry brought to life by the artist and expressed in his impressive art prints. Raised in a petty bourgeois family, he received further education at the Collège de Beauvais in Paris thanks to a scholarship from the local bishopric. Here he discovered the values of the Enlightenment, rationalism, and Freemasonry. His conception of art and architecture was strongly influenced by his varied education, which ranged from geometry to poetry, philosophy, and rhetoric.
One of his most notable projects was the design of the "Salines Royales" in Arc-et-Senans. As commissioner for the salt mines in Franche-Comté and Lorraine, Ledoux recognized the inefficiency of the salt works and proposed moving salt production to the edge of the Chaux forest, arguing that it was easier to "transport water than to move a forest piece by piece." This proposal was finally approved in April 1773 by King Louis XV, the owner of all the salt works. This visionary initiative is immortalized in our art prints and represents Ledoux's amazing innovation and far-reaching influence.
During his lifetime, Ledoux also achieved international fame. In Kassel, he was the guest of Landgrave Frederick II and presented remarkable designs that were never realized. After his return to France, he took up the ambitious project of erecting the customs buildings as part of the wall of the tenants general, built in 1785, but it was abandoned after two years because of the high cost. Despite the controversies that surrounded his work during his lifetime, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux left a legacy that gained increasing recognition in Paris in the years following his death on November 18, 1806. His visionary designs, unique style, and relentless pursuit of perfection made him one of the most important architects of his time. His works, including his unfinished designs, are invaluable in the history of architecture and are still admired and studied today.
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, born March 21, 1736, in Dormans, a picturesque commune in the Marne, is a prominent name in French neoclassical architecture. His rural heritage remained deeply embedded in his memory and profoundly influenced his work. Ledoux was more than just an architect - he was a visionary planner and builder who realized both public and private projects, as well as a utopian far ahead of his time. For him, the art of architecture was a form of poetry brought to life by the artist and expressed in his impressive art prints. Raised in a petty bourgeois family, he received further education at the Collège de Beauvais in Paris thanks to a scholarship from the local bishopric. Here he discovered the values of the Enlightenment, rationalism, and Freemasonry. His conception of art and architecture was strongly influenced by his varied education, which ranged from geometry to poetry, philosophy, and rhetoric.
One of his most notable projects was the design of the "Salines Royales" in Arc-et-Senans. As commissioner for the salt mines in Franche-Comté and Lorraine, Ledoux recognized the inefficiency of the salt works and proposed moving salt production to the edge of the Chaux forest, arguing that it was easier to "transport water than to move a forest piece by piece." This proposal was finally approved in April 1773 by King Louis XV, the owner of all the salt works. This visionary initiative is immortalized in our art prints and represents Ledoux's amazing innovation and far-reaching influence.
During his lifetime, Ledoux also achieved international fame. In Kassel, he was the guest of Landgrave Frederick II and presented remarkable designs that were never realized. After his return to France, he took up the ambitious project of erecting the customs buildings as part of the wall of the tenants general, built in 1785, but it was abandoned after two years because of the high cost. Despite the controversies that surrounded his work during his lifetime, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux left a legacy that gained increasing recognition in Paris in the years following his death on November 18, 1806. His visionary designs, unique style, and relentless pursuit of perfection made him one of the most important architects of his time. His works, including his unfinished designs, are invaluable in the history of architecture and are still admired and studied today.
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.jpg "Perspective View of the Town of Chaux, c. 1804 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
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.jpg "Eye Enclosing the Theatre at Besancon, France, 1847 by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-928062).jpg "Project of a farm guard house by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806). by Claude Nicolas Ledoux")