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Description: Front elevation, transverse section, plans of the Théâtre des Arts (Rue de la Loi), designed by Victor Louis, built 1791–1793. Mead cites: Donnet, Architectonographie des théâtres de Paris, 1837, plate 14 (photo from the Bibliothèque de l'Opéra). See also: plate 14 (scan by Google Books of a copy from Ghent University). For the French text describing this plate see pp. 201–218 in Donnet's accompanying text volume. The plans reflect the theatre as remodeled for the Paris Opera in 1794 by Raymond and Brongniart.
Title: Théâtre des Arts 1791-93 - elevation, section, plans - Mead p50
Credit: User scan of Mead, Christopher Curtis (1991). Charles Garnier's Paris Opéra: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism, p. 50. New York: The Architectural History Foundation. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262132756.
Author: Plate: • Lower left: « A. Donnet mens. et del. » [? and design] Alexis Donnet (17..–18..) VIAF: 61680746 LCCN: n82063770 WorldCat • Lower right: « Orgiazzi sculp. » [engraving] J. Alexis Orgiazzi (circa 1800–1839) VIAF: 54448482 LCCN: no2007026649 WorldCat Architects: • Original design (1793): Victor Louis (1731–1800) • Remodel (1794): Jean-Arnaud Raymond (1739–1811) and Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart (1739–1813) Ref: Michel Gallet (1995). Les architectes parisiens du XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Mengès. ISBN 9782856203705.
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