ARC 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Entablature, Fontainebleau, Architectural Theory

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Architecture
• Course: ARC 111
• Professor: Andrew Manson

Document Summary

If briseux in 1752 reiterated what was in essence the old academic position, the rationalist critique of the. Abbe marc-antoine laugier that appeared one year later was written very much in the language and spirit of the enlightenment. Laugier"s short polemical book has an extraordinary effect on architectural theory both. Part of its success had much to do with laugier"s intellectual rearing. He was born in provence and in inside and outside of france, which is surprising in view of the fact that the author was no an architect. It is a masterfully written study, arguably the most important architectural book of the century. 1727 entered a seminary to become a jesuit. This lengthy process did not conclude until his final vows of. 1745, after he completed university studies as avignon, lyons, besancon, and marseilles. In the same year he was appointed to the paris church of saint sulpice, where he earned distinction for his oratorical skills.