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> To make a long story short, (TOO LATE!) The attachment of these folks to
> ancient Greek democratic precedents led to a connection between the
> movement and neoclassical aesthetics.  Crisp, clean images of monumental
> edifices were often used to symbolize the onward march of reason, 
> progress,
> etc.  Masons, Rosicrucians and other such folks who are often talked about
> at really good parties, but almost never invited to them, were 
> particularly
> fond of such symbols.  Links to a few examples follow:

Even more typical were the works (often only projects) of the visionnary 

http://expositions.bnf.fr/boullee/indexpo.htm,
Claude Nicolas Ledoux http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nicolas_Ledoux
and Jean-Jacques Lequeu http://www.spamula.net/blog/archives/000575.html and 
http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/catalog.php?Fonds=Fonds_Lequeu

G.

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