03090oam 2200685I 450 991045255050332120200520144314.00-203-71806-21-283-88575-11-135-69480-X10.4324/9780203718063 (CKB)2550000000710344(EBL)1099092(OCoLC)823389177(SSID)ssj0000787035(PQKBManifestationID)11940728(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787035(PQKBWorkID)10803682(PQKB)10308577(OCoLC)822561727(MiAaPQ)EBC1099092(Au-PeEL)EBL1099092(CaPaEBR)ebr10639033(CaONFJC)MIL419825(OCoLC)900416404(EXLCZ)99255000000071034420180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrancois Blondel architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution /Anthony GerbinoLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (345 p.)The classical tradition in architectureDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-84781-8 0-415-49199-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 scholarshiClassical tradition in architecture.Architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolutionArchitectural practiceFranceHistory17th centuryClassicism in architectureFranceArchitectureMathematicsElectronic books.Architectural practiceHistoryClassicism in architectureArchitectureMathematics.720.92Gerbino Anthony.876940Blondel Francois1618-1686.717809FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910452550503321Francois Blondel1958246UNINA