Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745)
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Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) is an influential 18th-century architectural treatise by Germain Boffrand that codifies the principles and aesthetics of French Rococo and classical design.
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| Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) Context triple: [Germain Boffrand, notableWork, Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745)]
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Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir (1802)
Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir (1802) is a foundational early 19th-century French architectural treatise that systematically codifies the principles, materials, and techniques of building construction.
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Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir
Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir is a foundational late-18th/early-19th-century French treatise on architecture and construction that systematically codifies building techniques, materials, and structural principles.
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L’Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l’art, des mœurs et de la législation
L’Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l’art, des mœurs et de la législation is an influential theoretical treatise by Claude Nicolas Ledoux that explores architecture’s relationship to art, social customs, and political law in late 18th-century France.
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Entretiens sur l’architecture
Entretiens sur l’architecture is a seminal 19th-century theoretical work on architecture by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, in which he expounds his rationalist principles, structural analysis, and ideas on restoration and Gothic design.
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A Book of Architecture
A Book of Architecture is an influential 18th-century pattern book by James Gibbs that helped shape British and colonial architectural design through its plates of classical buildings and details.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) Target entity description: Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) is an influential 18th-century architectural treatise by Germain Boffrand that codifies the principles and aesthetics of French Rococo and classical design.
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A.
Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir (1802)
Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir (1802) is a foundational early 19th-century French architectural treatise that systematically codifies the principles, materials, and techniques of building construction.
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B.
Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir
Traité théorique et pratique de l’art de bâtir is a foundational late-18th/early-19th-century French treatise on architecture and construction that systematically codifies building techniques, materials, and structural principles.
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C.
L’Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l’art, des mœurs et de la législation
L’Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l’art, des mœurs et de la législation is an influential theoretical treatise by Claude Nicolas Ledoux that explores architecture’s relationship to art, social customs, and political law in late 18th-century France.
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D.
Entretiens sur l’architecture
Entretiens sur l’architecture is a seminal 19th-century theoretical work on architecture by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, in which he expounds his rationalist principles, structural analysis, and ideas on restoration and Gothic design.
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E.
A Book of Architecture
A Book of Architecture is an influential 18th-century pattern book by James Gibbs that helped shape British and colonial architectural design through its plates of classical buildings and details.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural treatise
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book ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Rococo interior design
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court architecture in France ⓘ |
| author | Germain Boffrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
architectural orders
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ornamentation in Rococo style ⓘ principles of composition in architecture ⓘ proportions in architecture ⓘ |
| documents |
Boffrand’s design principles
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French Rococo decorative vocabulary ⓘ |
| era | Enlightenment ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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art history ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
aesthetics of French Rococo
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classical design principles ⓘ principles of architectural design ⓘ |
| genre | architectural treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Germain Boffrand as architect ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Germain Boffrand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
architectural aesthetics
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architectural theory ⓘ |
| hasFormat | illustrated book ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century European architectural theory
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later French architectural practice ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French classical tradition
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Rococo decorative arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
architects
ⓘ
patrons of architecture ⓘ students of architecture ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement |
French classicism
ⓘ
Rococo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
codifying principles of French Rococo design
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synthesis of Rococo and classical aesthetics ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1745 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
harmony and proportion in architecture
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unity of structure and ornament ⓘ |
| subject |
French Rococo architecture
ⓘ
architectural theory ⓘ architecture ⓘ classical architecture ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 18th-century French architecture ⓘ |
| title | Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) Description of subject: Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) is an influential 18th-century architectural treatise by Germain Boffrand that codifies the principles and aesthetics of French Rococo and classical design.
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