Julien-David Leroy and the making of architectural history/

Main Author: Armstrong, Christopher Drew
Other Authors: Le Roy, David,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2012
Series:The classical tradition in architecture
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Positioning Leroy
  • Voyageur/Philosophe. Traveler in the academy
  • A book by its cover
  • Measuring the earth
  • Greek architecture and the doctrine of Vitruvius
  • Greece and the Orient
  • A new way of making history
  • Mentor in the garden
  • Academician/Mentor. Architecture and enlightenment
  • Science for the public good
  • Monument to a revolutionary hero.