1. 718 TH CENTURY FRANCE NEOCLASSICM –Classical language only –Neoclassicism was a reaction to flippant decadence

2. FOUR PHASES OF FRENCH NEO-CLASSICAL STYLE Structural Neo-classicism (1730 – 1750) Archaeological neo-classicism (1750 – 1760) Radical neo-classicism (1760 – 1770) Visionary neo-classicism (1770 – 1800)

3. STRUCTURAL NEOCLASSICISM Claude Perrault –Chief author of east façade of Louvre –Greco-gothic structural idealism Abbe Marc-Antoine Laugier – Theorist –Primitive Hut, ideal structure

5. BERNINI’S DESIGN FOR THE LOUVRE

6. BERNINI’S LOUVRE FLOOR PLAN

7. PRIMITIVE HUT

8. ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEOCLASSICISM GOAL: Integration of antique models and French Classicism St. Genevieve (The Pantheon) –Jacques Germain Soufflot –Unites structural lightness of gothic with purity of Greek –Greek cross plan with five domes –Interior, classical magnificence with slender arches –Exterior, massive geometric blocks

9. ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEOCLASSICISM Petite Trianon –Ange-Jacques Gabriel –Versailles –Cubic geometry, no sculpture –Restrained architectural language –Purification of architecture Place de la Concorde –Gabriel –Multi-media spaces –Fusion of arts –Louvre-like Versailles in city streets

10. St. Genevieve - The Pantheon

14. Structural Detail of Iron Bar Location

15. PETITE TRIANON

16. HAMLET for MARIE ANTOINETTE

17. PLACE DE LA CONCORDE

19. RADICAL NEOCLASSICISM Fusion of antique and 17 th Century Purism – forms larger scaled than antiquity Chief Architects –Marie-Joseph Peyre –Charles De Wailly –Jacques Gondoin THEATRE FRANCAIS –Piranesi influence seen in foyer (gloomy) –Rusticated masonry – no frames on windows

20. THEATRE FRANCAIS

21. THEATRE FRANCAIS - SECTION VIEW

22. ECOLE DE CHIURERIE School of Surgery, Paris, 1769 – 75 Jacques Gondoin Anatomy Theater –Principle interior space –Ancient theater with Panteon dome –Temple enshrines medical science

23. ANATOMY THEATRE ECOLE DE CHIRURERIE PLAN