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Gerbino, Anthony - Francois Blondel

Francois Blondel

By: Gerbino, Anthony (Author). Taylor & Francis Ltd. Published: 17/12/2009. Audience Guide: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly.
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First director of the AcadA(c)mie royale da (TM)architecture, FranAois 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 scholarship on early modern architectural history and particularly on French classicism under Louis XIV and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. It studies early modern science and technology, Baroque court culture, and the development of the discipline of architecture.

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ISBN10/13: 0415491991/9780415491990
TITLE: Francois Blondel
CONTRIBUTORS: Gerbino, Anthony (Author)
IMPRINT: Routledge
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 17/12/2009
SUBJECT: Art & Design, Architecture, History - Pre 20th C, Individual Architects
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm
PAGES: 344
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
ILLUSTRATIONS: 1 black & white tables, 100 black & white halftones
CONTENTS:

Introduction 1. Mathematician, Engineer, Courtier 2. The Rebirth of French Classicism I: The Academie 3. The Rebirth of French Classicism II: Paris 4. Architects and Mathematicians 5. Architecture versus Erudition: The Perrault-Blondel Debate Revisited 6. Reading and Collecting Conclusion: Blondel's Nachleben Appendices