French architects and engineers in the age of enlightenment
Auteur :
Picon, Antoine
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521123693
Date de publication :
17 déc. 2009
Dimensions :
24,6 x 18,9 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
800 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The professions of architect and engineer, which had maintained very close links since the time of the Renaissance, became increasingly isolated from one another in France during the course of the eighteenth century, the 'Age of the Enlightenment'. This book analyses the meaning of this gradual mutual isolation.