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Item Number: 105480
Title: FRANCOIS BLONDEL : Architecture, Erudition, and the Scientific Revolution
Author: Gerbino, Anthony
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780415491990
Description: London: Routledge, 2010. 24cm., hardcover, 321pp. illus. Publisher's summary : The sacred place was, and still is, an intermediate zone created in the belief that it has the ability to co-join the religious aspirants to their gods. An essential means of understanding this sacred architecture is through the recognition of its role as an ‘in-between’ place. Establishing the contexts, approaches and understandings of architecture through the lens of the mediating roles often performed by sacred architecture, this book offers the reader an extraordinary insight into the forces behind these extraordinary buildings. Written by an well-known expert in the field, the book draws on a unique range of cases, reflecting on these inspiring places, their continuing ontological significance and the lessons they can offer today. Fascinating reading for anyone interested in sacred architecture. Contents: 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. (The Classical Tradition in Architecture)
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