Architecture and the Enlightened
Architects of Enlightenment The enlightenment period was a very important and significant period of European architectural history. I will focus on two important very important figures in this movement: Etienne-Louis Boullee, left (1728-1799) and Claude-Nicholas Ledoux, right (1736-1806) A quote from Louis Kahn expresses the importance of these two gentlemen: "Spirit in will to express can make the great sun seem small. The sun is, thus the universe is. Did we need Bach? Bach is, thus music is. ...