Claude Nicolas Ledoux
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Claude-Nicolas Ledoux was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclassical architecture. He used his knowledge of architectural theory to design not only domestic architecture but also town planni
Ledoux by Martin Drolling, 1790
Signature de Claude Nicolas Ledoux 1799
Château de Mauperthuis, 1763 (demolished)
Hôtel d'Hallwyll, Paris, 1766. Elevation of the facade on the rue Michel-le-Comte.
The Saline Royale is a historical complex at Arc-et-Senans in the department of Doubs commissioned during the reign of Louis XVI and designed by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux.
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
…revision has distorted an accurate assessment of his role in the evolution of Neoclassical architecture. His most ambitious work was the uncompleted Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, an idealistic and visionary town showing many examples of architecture parlante. Conversely his works and commissions also included the more mundane…
Main façade of the Royal Saltworks
In 1775, the king rejected Ledoux's first design plan.
Aerial view of the proposed city at the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans by Claude Nicolas Ledoux, published in 1804
Jeter des Fleurs sur l'Avenir, by the French painter Arnaud Courlet de Vregille, exposed in Royal Saltworks in 2006 for the Claude-Nicolas Ledoux's bicentenary