O plano de sección de Ribart para L’elephant triomphal, grand kiosque a la gloire du roi
En 1758, o arquitecto Charles-François Ribart concebiu este enxendro para o remate dos Campos Elíseos, en París, xusto no sitio no que hoxe se ergue o Arco do Triunfo. Tratábase dun elefante xigantesco, ao que se accedía a partir dunha escada de caracol central, dividido en dependencias internas e cun enxeñoso sistema de refrixeración e drenaxe pensado para levar máis comodamente os estíos parisinos.
Con bo criterio, as autoridades francesas desistiron do proxecto. :-)
Ribart tivo dignos seguidores na Francia postrevolucionaria. Aquí está Jean-Jacques Lequeu, o enigmático:
Lequeu, Jean Jacques (1757-1826). Plan géométral d’un temple in Gallica
In post-Revolution and Napoleon France, Lequeu produced some of the most imaginative landscape and architectural designs, some a masterful combination of the Gothic, the Egyptian, the Greek, the Chinese, and a smattering of hallucinations. However, except for two folies in Rouen, none were ever constructed. He was somewhat of a pornographer as well and at least in his self-portraits, a cross-dresser. As there are too few sources to go by, the screenwriter can easily color his life some more. After all, he did create portraits of nuns bearing their breasts.
Así o definen nun dos máis sorprendentes e interesantes blogs que me teño atopado ultimamente, Pruned, sobre Arquitecturas e Paisaxes Imaxinarias. Paga a pena que pases por aí.
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