L’Architecture et le livre en France à la Renaissance« Une magnifique décadence » ?
Publication type: Book
Author:Pauwels (Yves)
Abstract: This work shows how, from the 1540s onwards, architects became acquainted with treatises, which geniuses like Philibert De l'Orme or Pierre Lescot surpassed to invent a truly original form of architecture, a synthesis of humanist culture, medieval customs, and modern values.