| Description |
xiv, 437 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in the history of architecture |
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Cambridge studies in the history of architecture.
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| Contents |
List of Figures-Acknowledgements-General Remarks-The Classical Tradition-The Impact of the Enlightement on Architecture-'Towards a Classical Architecutre' Jacques-Francois Blondel and the 'Cours d'architecture'-The Engineers''System'-The Principles of Training and the Ecnomomy of Knowledge System-Stability and Construction-Pierre Patte and the Concept of the Rational Town-A Productive Countryside-From the Revolutionary 'Genius' to New-Classicism-Clusion-Appendix-Bibliographical-Notes |
| Summary |
"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, the consequences of which can still be felt at a variety of different levels, and offers a unique insight in English to the teaching and practice of architects such as Jacques-Francois Blondel and Pierre Patte, and engineers such as Jean-Rodolphe Perronet and Gaspard-Riche de Prony. The text of the book is clear and easily comprehensible, and presents a fully accessible account of this key period in the development of architectural achievement and debate."-- |
| Analysis |
Architecture History |
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France |
| Notes |
Translation of: Architectes et ingénieurs au siècle des Lumières |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-425) and index |
| Notes |
Translation of: Architectes et ingénieurs au siècle des lumières |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Philosophy.
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Engineering -- Philosophy.
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Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- France.
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Architecture -- Philosophy.
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Engineering -- Philosophy.
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Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- France.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051440
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| LC no. |
90023827 |
| ISBN |
052138253X hardback |
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9780521382533 hardback |
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