Cours d’architecture

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Cours d’architecture is a seminal 17th-century architectural treatise by French architect and theorist François Blondel that systematized classical architectural principles and influenced academic architectural education in France.

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instanceOf architectural treatise
book
aimsTo codify architectural teaching
provide a systematic course in architecture
appliesTheoryOf architectural composition
classical orders
proportion in architecture
associatedWith Académie royale d’architecture NERFINISHED
author François Blondel NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
describedAs seminal 17th-century architectural treatise
focusesOn systematization of classical architectural principles
genre architectural theory
hasAuthorRole François Blondel as architect
François Blondel as architectural theorist
hasCulturalSignificance foundation of academic classicism in French architecture
hasInfluenceOn École des Beaux-Arts tradition
hasLegacy standardization of classical design rules in French academies
historicalPeriod French classical era NERFINISHED
influenced academic architectural education in France
influencedBy Italian Renaissance architectural treatises
Vitruvian theory of architecture NERFINISHED
intendedAudience architects
architecture students
language French
mainSubject architecture
classical architecture
placeOfOrigin Paris NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 17th century
usedAs reference work for architectural education in France

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François Blondel notableWork Cours d’architecture
Jacques-François Blondel notableWork Cours d’architecture