Francois Blondel : architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution / / Anthony Gerbino

• Autore: Gerbino Anthony
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 720.92
• Soggetto topico: Architectural practice - France - History - 17th century; Classicism in architecture - France; Architecture - Mathematics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BlondelFrancois <1618-1686.>
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Altri titoli varianti: Architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution
• Titolo autorizzato: Francois Blondel
• ISBN: 0-203-71806-2; 1-283-88575-1; 1-135-69480-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452550503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Classical tradition in architecture.