| Title |
A Represented Architectural Education and Architectural Theory on Paul Philippe Cret's Works |
| Authors |
Choi Jin-Yong ; Kim Jung-Gon |
| Keywords |
Paul P. Cret ; Architectural Education of Beaux-Arts ; Rationalism ; Simplify ; Abstract Surface ; Modern classicism |
| Abstract |
Paul P. Cret, the Teacher and Architect who worked in America was important person in architectural establishment in American climate, and modern architect who inherited tradition of Beaux-Arts??in French. The tradition of Beaux-Arts was threatened with a neo-classical atrophy, individualistic interpretations. Cret, with his Beaux-Arts faith in the classicism and in the effectiveness of rational solutions to design, proposed to revitalize the orders by interpreting them in term of the modern steel frame. As a result, he embraced some of the tenets of the modernist or International style that were antithetical to the formalist and historicist principles of the Beaxu-Arts. During a complex era of transition from Beaux-Arts historicism to modernist functionalism, Cret synthesized old and new aesthetics and was an important intermediary between generations. The purpose of this study was analyze the connection between his architectural thoughts and his characteristics of works. Therefore, It lies on the deeper understanding of his modern classicism represented on the case studies of Cret's architectural education and theory, the unique composition methods of Beaux-Arts were investigated |