Livre d'architecture, contenant les principes généraux de cet art, et les plans, élévations et profils de quelques-uns des bâtimens faits en France et dans les pays étrangers, par le sieur Boffrand
date: label: Date
content: 1745
name: label: Designer
content: Germain Boffrand, French, 1667–1754
label: Engraver
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
label: Engraver
content: Pierre François Tardieu, French, 1711–1771
label: Collaborator
content: François Boucher, French, 1703–1770
label: Publisher
content: Guillaume Cavalier Père, French, 1700 - 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Germain Boffrand was a highly influential French architect of the 18th century. He was responsible for numerous buildings and commissions in Paris, Lorraine and modern day Germany. Many of these are shown in his monumental treatise "Livre d'architecture" which helped disseminate the French neoclassical Louis XV style throughout Europe. The high quality engravings are preceded by a discussion of the definition of "good taste" in the arts. This is then supported by the examples Boffrand illustrates through image and text.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-543
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Book
label: Type
content: Book
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black ink on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 45.5 × 30 cm (17 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.)