BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE



Author(s)

Fréart de Chambray, Roland de
Evelyn, John
Alberti, Leon Battista

Title A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern...
Imprint
London, D. Brown, J. Walthoe, B. Tooke & D. Midwinter, 1707
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French

     The second edition of the English translation of Roland Fréart de Chambray’s Parallèle was published in two parts, with a separate title for each one (Riba 1135). The Parallel is the subject of the first part ; the second part consists of Evelyn’s essay (“An account of architects and architecture...” ) and his translation of Alberti’s treatise (Della Statua). Coming out shortly after Evelyn’s death (February 27, 1706) this edition took into account the extensive additions which he had brought to his essay in the light of Desgodetz’s Édifices antiques de Rome (Paris, 1682).

Frédérique Lemerle (Centre national de la recherche scientifique,
Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance, Tours)–2011

Critical bibliography

R. Fréart de Chambray, Parallèle de l’architecture antique avec la moderne (Paris, 1650), Critical edition established by F. Lemerle, followed by l’Idée de la perfection de la peinture, edition established by M. Stanic, Paris, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 2005.

F. Lemerle, "Une querelle des Anciens et des Modernes en architecture : Fréart de Chambray", Travaux de Littérature, 12, 1999, pp. 37-47.

F. Lemerle, "Fréart de Chambray et Alberti", Albertiana, 3, 2000, pp. 261-273.

F. Lemerle, "L’Accademia di architettura e il trattato di Palladio (1673-1674)", Annali di architettura, 12, 2000, pp. 117-122.

F. Lemerle, "À l’origine du palladianisme européen : Pierre Le Muet et Roland Fréart de Chambray", Revue de l'art, 178, 2012-4, pp. 43-47.

A. Palladio, Les quatre livres de l’architecture d’Andrea Palladio, Translated by R. Fréart de Chambray, Introduction by F. Lemerle, Paris, Flammarion, 2002 (1rst ed.: Paris, Flammarion, 1997).