Francois Blondel architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution / [electronic resource] :
Architecture, erudition, and the scientific revolution
Anthony Gerbino.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- xvii, 321 p. : ill., maps, plans.
- The classical tradition in architecture .
- Classical tradition in architecture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mathematician, engineer, courtier -- The rebirth of French classicism I : the Academie Royale d'Architecture -- The rebirth of French classicism II : Paris -- Architects and mathematicians -- Architecture versus erudition : the Perrault-Blondel debate revisited -- Architecture and the Encyclopedia : Blondel as reader and collector -- Conclusion : Blondel's Nachleben.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780203718063 (electronic bk.)
Blondel, Francois, 1618-1686 --Criticism and interpretation.
Architectural practice--History--France--17th century. Classicism in architecture--France. Architecture--Mathematics.