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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instanceOf architectural treatise
book
associatedWith French Rococo interior design
court architecture in France
author Germain Boffrand NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
hasDiscipline architectural aesthetics
architectural theory
hasFormat illustrated book
historicalContext Ancien Régime France NERFINISHED
influenced 18th-century European architectural theory
later French architectural practice
influencedBy French classical tradition
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
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 NERFINISHED

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Germain Boffrand notableWork Livre d’architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art (1745)