Fr. 96.00

Francois Blondel - Architecture, Erudition, and the Scientific Revolution

Inglese · Tascabile

Spedizione di solito entro 3 a 5 settimane

Descrizione

Ulteriori informazioni

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Gerbino is a historian of early modern architecture in France and England. His research focuses on the role of architecture in seventeenth-century scientific and academic circles and on the technical and mathematical background of early modern architects, engineers, and gardeners. He is an Associate Member of Worcester College at the University of Oxford and co-author of Compass and Rule: Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England 1500-1750 (Yale University Press, 2009). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Mathematician, Engineer, Courtier 2. The Rebirth of French Classicism I: The Académie 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

Recensioni dei clienti

Per questo articolo non c'è ancora nessuna recensione. Scrivi la prima recensione e aiuta gli altri utenti a scegliere.

Scrivi una recensione

Top o flop? Scrivi la tua recensione.

Per i messaggi a CeDe.ch si prega di utilizzare il modulo di contatto.

I campi contrassegnati da * sono obbligatori.

Inviando questo modulo si accetta la nostra dichiarazione protezione dati.