| Description |
360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Jean Rondelet: the architect as technician. Introductory note. Chapter 1. -- Striking the centering at the Pont de Neuilly, 22 September 1772. Chapter 2. The -- start of Soufflot's Sainte-Geneviv̜e. Chapter 3. Rondelet's early life and work -- with Soufflot. Chapter 4. Rondelet's Italian journey, April 1783 to December -- 1784. Chapter 5. Building the dome of Sainte-Geneviv̜e. Chapter 6. The -- transformation of Sainte-Geneviv̜e into the Pantho̜n. Chapter 7. Rondelet as -- administrator of public works. Chapter 8. The committees, 1796-1799. Chapter 9. -- Rondelet's final engagement with Sainte-Geneviv̜e. Chapter 10. The Encyclopd̜ie -- Mt̜hodique and l'Art de bt̜ir. Chapter 11. The Cours de Construction at the c̜ole -- des Beaux-Arts. Chapter 12. Rondelet's library. Chapter 13. The end. Appendix -- I. Rondelet's refutation of Patte's Mm̜oire. Appendix II. Rondelet's Mm̜oire -- addressed to the Comte d'Angiviller, 1780. Appendix III. Rondelet's application -- to the Comte d'Angiviller and letters relating to travels in Italy. Appendix IV. -- Printed texts and notes assembled by A.-L.-T. Vaudoyer relating to the problems -- arising from the cracking of the piers of the Pantho̜n. Appendix V. Reports -- submitted by Rondelet to the Conseil des bt̜iments civils. Bibliography. -- Rondelet's published works |
| Summary |
"Though engineers, architects and even landscape designers had staked out fields of operation for themselves in the seventeenth century such professions were in flux well into the eighteenth century. The same man might still operate in all of these fields. But by the middle of the century professional boundaries were becoming clearer. Jean Rondelet took up his career in 1770, working for Jacques-Germain Soufflot, architect of the most conspicuous and structurally daring church of the period, Sainte-Genevieve, now known as the Pantheon, in Paris. Rondelet assumed the role of technical expert, taking on more and more control not only of the structural design but of the site organisation as well. And he was to dedicate his life to these tasks. For the church became a focus of structural debate that became increasingly partisan and acrimonious when faults in the structure threatened a total collapse of the dome |
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Architects and engineers found distinct voices for themselves in the ensuing uproar. Rondelet emerged, not quite the victor, but the man commissioned to ensure structural stability." "This book, the first devoted to Rondelet, tells the story of the most celebrated architectural debate of the century. It also examines Rondetlet's career in full, his publications and his long lasting influence on the training of architects and the administration of architectural practice in France. More than any other architect Rondelet represents the era of change during which the foundations for modern architectural theory and practice were laid."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Rondelet, Jean Baptiste, 1734-1829 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Architecture -- France -- 18th century.
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Architecture -- France -- 19th century.
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| Author |
Baudouin-Matuszek, M. N.
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Annie Burr Lewis Fund
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| LC no. |
2006019177 |
| ISBN |
0300115679 (hbk.) |
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9780300115673 (hbk.) |
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