| | 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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