The Architecture of the Ècole Des Beaux-Arts
The Architecture of the Ècole des beaux- arts : an exhibition presented at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 29, 1975-January 4, 1976 : [catalog] Date 1975 Publisher The Museum of Modern Art ISBN 0870702211 Exhibition URL www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2483 The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition history— from our founding in 1929 to the present—is available online. It includes exhibition catalogues, primary documents, installation views, and an index of participating artists. MoMA © 2017 The Museum of Modern Art rHE ARCHITECTUREOF THE ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS THE MUSEUMOF MODERNART, NEW YORK ^ of Mod#cAc* t- ii§-0i0SiiM *? ' ' ? - «p f } .'. *. '- • , K v#- v*8jjjj|^ -|^>.<k>.*<*^ r THE MUSEUMOF MODERNART, NEW YORK THE ARCHITECTUREOF THE ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS An exhibition presented at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 29, 1975-January 4, 1976 fWtWe/ )\\o The exhibition was MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D. C., a Federal agency. LIBRARYi Museumof ModemAr ] Copyright © 1975 by The Museum of Modern Art All rights reserved ISBN 0-87070-221-1 Designed by Carl Laanes Type set by Set-Rite Typographers Inc., New York, N.Y. Printed by Colorcraft Lithographers, Inc., New York, N.Y. The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Printed in the United States of America Front cover: Louis Due. Colosseum, Rome. Restoration. 1829. Capital (detail). Back cover: Charles Garnier. Opera, Paris. 1861-75. Stair Hall. PREFACE "The battle of modern architecture," Philip Johnson simple geometric elements of unchanging value, at last declared in 1952, "has long been won." His observation enabling man's artifacts to be free of the shifting fashions prefaced Built in USA: Post-war Architecture, a Museum of historical styles.
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