BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE



Author(s)

Fréart de Chambray, Roland de
Evelyn, John
Alberti, Leon Battista
Wotton, Henry
Title A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern...
Imprint London, J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, A. Ward, W. Mears, F. Clay, B. Motte & D. Brown, 1733
Localisation Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls Universität, B 2789 Res
Subject Orders
Transcribed version of the text

French

     The fourth edition of the Parallèle, published in 1733 and enlarged by the Elements of Architecture by Henry Wotton (Riba 1137), confirms its success beyond French borders in the 18th century.

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).