Germain Boffrand was deemed one of the most influential french architects around 1700. He was known to break traditions and innovate both in the interior and exterior of buildings. He is seen as one of the founders of the Rococo style, which later spread throughout all of Europe. My interpretation of this book is that…
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Cours d’Architecture Qui comprend les ordres de Vignole (…) Augustin Charles d’Aviler Konfrontierend mit der Frage: Wer versteht die Ordnungen von Vignola…, macht der Verfasser des Buches bereits im Untertitel auf den Architekten Giacomo Barozzi aus Vignola aufmerksam. Dieser nimmt im Werk Cours d’Architecture eine Schlüsselrolle ein. Das Buch soll den Leser in der Kunst der Architektur lehren….
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Grand Escalier Du Chateau De Versailles -Charles le Brun The full title of the book: what is it revealing about the content of the book? Who is it speaking to? Grand Escalier DU Chateau DE Versailles DIT Escalier des Ambassadeurs ORDONNÉ ET PEINT Par Charles le Brun Ecuyer premier Peintre de Roy, CONSACRÉ A LA…
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The title of the book is “Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la moderne” which is in French, is called “Parallel of ancient architecture with modern” translated into English. As it is shown in the title, it talks about ancient architecture but focused on the five orders and their adaptions to different ancient buildings. The book…
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The title of the book is “Memoirs on the Most Important Objects of Architecture” (original in French: Mémoires sur les objets les plus importants de l’architecture). It is obvious to see that the book is a memoir or a collection of elements that played or are still playing very important roles in the world of…
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The full title of the book is: „LI CINQUE ORDINI DELL’ ARCHITETTURA CIVILE DI MICHEL SANMICHELI Rilevati dalle due Fabriche, E descritti e publicati con quelli di Vitruvio, Alberti, Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio e Vignola DAL CO: ALESSANDRO POMPEI.“ I think it states that the book summarizes the work of all those great men in the…
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The title of the book is “Exercitationes Vitruvianae primae”. It was published in the year 1739 and was written in Latin. The title does not reveal in depth what the content is going to be about, but we know that it has something to do with the exercises of Vitruvius the first. There is also…
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“De sacris aedificiis a Constantino magno constructis”, which was published in 1693, is a history of the ancient churches built by Emperor Constantine the Great. While this title might indicate various book-types, the preface shows that it has been written by a clergyman and probably found most interest among them. It is thus not very…
Le theatre de l´art de charpentier
Wie schon der Titel «Le theatre de l´art de charpentier» es andeutet, geht es in diesem alten französischen Buch um ein Theater. Im Buch sind zahlrieche Abbildungen zu finden. Grundrisse, Schnitte und Ansichten sind im Buch zu finden. Es gibt kein Inhaltsverzeichnis am Anfang dieses Buches. Trotzdem ist das Buch in Kapiteln gegliedert. Undzwar in…