Architect: Jacques-Denis Antoine

Inessential Colors: Architecture on Paper in Early Modern Europe (2021) – Review
17.03.2022

Inessential Colors: Architecture on Paper in Early Modern Europe (2021) – Review17.03.2022

– Anthony Vidler

From the frescoes of Pompeii to the Great Hall of Siedlecin, from the Book of Kells to the Book of Hours, architecture has been depicted in full colour. Where colour has been largely absent in the history of architectural representation, however, is in the more technical drawings of architects themselves.… Read More

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A Civic Utopia Exhibition
08.10.2016

A Civic Utopia Exhibition08.10.2016

A Civic Utopia: Architecture and the City in France 1765-1837 was curated by Nicholas Olsberg and Basile Baudez, and organised by Drawing Matter Trust in collaboration with The Courtauld Gallery as part of Somerset House’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia. The exhibition considered the place of architecture… Read More

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