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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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural treatise ⓘ
book ⓘ
associatedWith French Rococo interior design ⓘ
court architecture in France ⓘ
author Germain Boffrand ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
describes architectural orders ⓘ
ornamentation in Rococo style ⓘ
principles of composition in architecture ⓘ
proportions in architecture ⓘ
documents Boffrand’s design principles ⓘ
French Rococo decorative vocabulary ⓘ
era Enlightenment ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
art history ⓘ
focusesOn aesthetics of French Rococo ⓘ
classical design principles ⓘ
principles of architectural design ⓘ
genre architectural treatise ⓘ
hasAuthorRole Germain Boffrand as architect ⓘ
hasCreator Germain Boffrand ⓘ
hasDiscipline architectural aesthetics ⓘ
architectural theory ⓘ
hasFormat illustrated book ⓘ
historicalContext Ancien Régime France ⓘ
linked to: Ancien Régime
influenced 18th-century European architectural theory ⓘ
later French architectural practice ⓘ
influencedBy French classical tradition ⓘ
Rococo decorative arts ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
intendedAudience architects ⓘ
patrons of architecture ⓘ
students of architecture ⓘ
language French ⓘ
movement French classicism ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
notableFor codifying principles of French Rococo design ⓘ
synthesis of Rococo and classical aesthetics ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
publicationYear 1745 ⓘ
relatedConcept harmony and proportion in architecture ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Germain Boffrand → notableWork → Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) ⓘ
Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745) → title → Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art ⓘ
linked to: Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745)