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UNINA9910806299603321 |
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Gerbino Anthony |
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Francois Blondel : architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution / / Anthony Gerbino |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-69487-7 |
0-203-71806-2 |
1-283-88575-1 |
1-135-69480-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Collana |
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The classical tradition in architecture |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BlondelFrancois <1618-1686.> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Architectural practice - France - History - 17th century |
Classicism in architecture - France |
Architecture - Mathematics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Mathematician, engineer, courtier -- The rebirth of French classicism I : the Académie Royale d'Architecture -- The rebirth of French classicism II : Paris -- Architects and mathematicians -- Architecture versus erudition : the Perrault-Blondel debate revisited -- Architecture and the Encyclopedia : Blondel as reader and collector -- Conclusion : Blondel's Nachleben. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First director of the Académie royale d'architecture, François Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession into the one we recognize today. Most well known for his 1676 urban plan of Paris, Blondel is also celebrated as a mathematician, scientist, and scholar. Few figures are more representative of the close affinity between architecture and the ""new science"" of the seventeenth century. The first full-length study in English to appear on this polymath, this book adds to the scholarshi |
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