Pr'ecis of the Lectures on Architecture : With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture (Texts and Documents Series)
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Book Description
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand Durand (1760-1834) regarded the Pricis of the Lectures on Architecture (1802-5) and its companion volume, the Graphic Portion (1821), as both a basic course for future civil engineers and a treatise. Focusing the practice of architecture on utilitarian and economic
values, he assailed the rationale behind classical architectural training: beauty, proportionality, and symbolism. His formal systematization of plans, elevations, and sections transformed architectural design into a selective modular typology in which symmetry and simple geometrical forms
prevailed. His emphasis on pragmatic values, to the exclusion of metaphysical concerns, represented architecture as a closed system that subjected its own formal language to logical processes. Now published in English for the first time, the Pricis and the Graphic Portion are classics of
architectural education.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Pr'ecis of the Lectures on Architecture : With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture (Texts and Documents Series)
Pr'ecis of the Lectures on Architecture : With Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture (Texts and Documents Series),Jean-Nicholas-Louis Durand,Antoine Picon,David Britt,Getty Trust Publications: Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities,0892365803,Architecture,Criticism,Designs and plans,History - General,Philosophy Of Architecture,Architecture / History,Art & Architecture | History | 19th C European
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