Julien-David Leroy and the making of architectural history
By: Christopher Drew Armstrong
Contributors: Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803
Series: The classical tradition in architecture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon [England]; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780415778893
Subjects: Historiography; Criticism and interpretation; Architecture; Study and teaching (Higher); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Positioning Leroy; title: Voyageur/Philosophe. Traveler in the academy; title: A book by its cover; title: Measuring the earth; title: Greek architecture and the doctrine of Vitruvius; title: Greece and the Orient; title: A new way of making history; title: Mentor in the garden; title: Academician/Mentor. Architecture and enlightenment; title: Science for the public good; title: Monument to a revolutionary hero.