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See Through Ledoux; Architecture, Theatre and the Pursuit of Transparency
by Rodolphe El-Khoury, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, John Hans Lee, Jane Brown Gillette
Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2006 by Oro Editions
ISBN-13: 978-0-9746800-8-8, ISBN: 0-9746800-8-7

"Claude-Nicolas Ledoux's engraving Coup d'oeil du theatre Besancon, in which the architect's building is seen reflected in the eye of a viewer, is the centerpiece of in this intellectual archaeology. Rodolphe el-Khoury's close reading of Ledoux's celebrated icon uses it to excavate the foundations of architectural transparency, Modernism's most potent and lasting "invention," which is here traced back to an intellectual milieu that prec ..."

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John Hans Lee

Jane Brown Gillette

Rodolphe El-Khoury

Claude Nicolas Ledoux