Monument Dugald Stewart

Le monument Dugald Stewart est un mémorial du philosophe écossais Dugald Stewart (1753-1828). Il est situé sur la colline de Calton Hill surplombant la ville d'Édimbourg et a été conçu par l'architecte écossais William Henry Playfair. Il a été achevé en septembre 1831 en style néo-classique.

1. Contexte

La conception de Playfair est basée sur le monument choragique de Lysicrates à Athènes, en Grèce, et est un temple circulaire de neuf colonnes corinthiennes cannelées autour d'une urne élevée sur un podium circulaire. Cet exemple de l'architecture de la Grèce antique avait été porté à une plus grande attention par l'étude illustrée de James "l'Athénien" Stuart et Nicholas Revett, Les Antiquités d'Athènes, publiée en 1762. Le monument est un bâtiment classé de catégorie A depuis le 19 avril 1966. La forme choragique a également été utilisée pour le monument contemporain voisin de Robert Burns, conçu par Thomas Hamilton. Dugald Stewart était professeur à l'Université d'Édimbourg, titulaire de la chaire de philosophie morale de 1786 jusqu'à sa mort. La Royal Society of Edinburgh a commandé le monument et choisi son site en 1830 .

Playfair a également conçu le Monument National d'Écosse à proximité (avec Charles Robert Cockerell) et était également responsable de la voie qui entoure Calton Hill sur trois côtés, comprenant Royal Terrace, Carlton Terrace et Regent Terrace.

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