French Architects and Engineers in the Age of Enlightenment

Klappentext This book offers a unique insight to the teaching and practice of architects and engineers. Zusammenfassung The professions of architect and engineer! which had maintained very close links since the time of the Renaissance! became increasingly isolated from one another in France during the course of the eighteenth century! the 'Age of the Enlightenment'. This book analyses the meaning of this gradual mutual isolation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. General Remarks; 2. The classical tradition; 3. The impact of the Enlightenment on architecture; 4. 'Towards a classical architecture' Jacques-Francois Blondel and the 'Cours d'architecture'; 5. The engineers' 'system'; 6. The principles of training and the economy of knowledge; 7. Stability and construction; 8. Pierre Patte and the concept of the rational town; 9. A productive countryside; 10. From the revolutionary 'Genius' to Neo-classicism; Conclusion; Appendix; Biographical; Notes.

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• Authors: Picon Antoine, Antoine Picon, Picon Antoine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521123693
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12369-3
• No. of pages: 452
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; France, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of Architecture, Architectural structure and design