François Blondel : | architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution / | Anthony Gerbino.

Gerbino, Anthony.

François Blondel : architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution / Architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution Anthony Gerbino. - London : Routledge, 2010. - xvii, 321 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm. - The classical tradition in architecture . - Classical tradition in architecture. .

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.

0415491991 9780415491990


Blondel, François, 1618-1686 --Criticism and interpretation


Architectural practice--History--France--17th century
Architecture--Mathematics
Classicism in architecture--France

NA1053.B6 / G47 2010
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