Grants per year
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Research Interests
How architects think through designs, the involvement of that with techniques of drawing, and the intersection of that with the mentalities of their interlocutors, clients on the one hand and parallel professionals – engineers, urbanists, social scientists -- on the other.
The application of this in the shaping of the modern city c. 1830-1914, especially Paris and Chicago.
Education/Academic qualification
Fine Arts, PhD, Harvard University
… → 1970
Fine Arts, MA, Harvard University
… → 1966
Art and Archeology, BA, Princeton University
… → 1965
Research interests keywords
- Chicago architecture
- Paris architecture
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Grants
- 2 Finished
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Chicago Art History Consortium
Van Zanten, D. T. (Co-PD/PI)
Terra Foundation for American Art
9/1/05 → 12/31/06
Project: Research project
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Chicago Art History Consortium
Van Zanten, D. T. (Co-PD/PI)
Terra Foundation for American Art
9/1/05 → 12/31/06
Project: Research project
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Paris Space: What Might Have Constituted Haussmanization
Van Zanten, D., Jan 1 2016, Manifestoes and Transformations in the Early Modernist City. Taylor and Francis, p. 179-210 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Percier as Architect: Charles Percier e Pierre Fontaine
Van Zanten, D. T., Garric, J.-P. (Editor), Kieven, E. (Editor) & Frommel, S. (Editor), 2014, Rome : Saggi della Biblioteca Herziana.Research output: Other contribution
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The Fontaine Library at the Art Institute of Chicago: Charles Percier e Pierre Fontaine
Van Zanten, D. T., Frommel, S. (Editor), Garric, J.-P. (Editor) & Kieven, E. (Editor), 2014, Rome : Saggi della Biblioteca Herziana.Research output: Other contribution
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Drawing the Future
Van Zanten, D., Dunn, A. M. & Coburn, L., 2013, Northwestern University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
8 Scopus citations -
Architecture, Museums, and thé Mediation of Drawing: Bilans et Perspectives
Van Zanten, D., 2012, Histoire de l'Art du XIXe siècle (1848-1914): Bilans et Perspectives. Paris, France, p. 607-620Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter