François Blondel

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François Blondel was a 17th-century French architect, engineer, and theoretician known for directing the royal academy of architecture and helping formalize classical architectural principles in France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
architect
architecture theoretician
human
military engineer
areaOfInfluence European architectural theory
French architecture
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship France
Kingdom of France
describedBySource histories of French architecture
educatedAt Collège de Clermont
employer Académie royale d’architecture
French royal court
familyName Blondel
fieldOfWork architectural theory
architecture
fortification design
military engineering
genre architectural treatise
givenName François
hasRole royal architect
teacher of architecture
influenced Académie royale d’architecture students
French classical architects
influencedBy Andrea Palladio
Vitruvius
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement French classicism
classical architecture
name François Blondel self-link
nativeLanguage French
notableAchievement contributed to the codification of architectural orders in France
helped formalize classical architectural principles in France
participated in the institutionalization of architectural education in France
notableWork Cours d’architecture
occupation architect
architecture theoretician
military engineer
professor
patron Louis XIV of France
positionHeld director of the Académie royale d’architecture
professor of architecture
sexOrGender male
workLocation France
Paris

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François Blondel name François Blondel self-link
Jacques-François Blondel relative François Blondel
this entity surface form: François Blondel (architectural family lineage)
Porte Saint-Denis architect François Blondel