Main entry:

Randall, Catharine, 1957-

Title & Author:

Building codes : the aesthetics of Calvinism in early modern Europe / Catharine Randall.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.

Description:

xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

New cultural studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index.
Introduction: Calvinist Structures and the Catholic State -- 1. A Context for Code -- 2. Spatial Situations: Calvin's Prototype -- 3. Calvinist Recipes for Restructuring the World: Bernard Palissy's Recepte Veritable -- 4. Philibert de l'Orme and the "Peculiar Problems" of Protestant Architecture -- 5. The Second-Generation Calvinist Architects: Encoding Constraint -- 6. Conclusion: Constrained Creations.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

In Building Codes, Catharine Randall contends that all Calvinist architecture recalls a scriptural intertext and seeks to build upon the firm foundations of the Gospel. These architects, instructed to erect monuments glorifying Catholic patrons, inscribe the tension between their confessional perspective and their commission upon their structures. Randall explores the ways in which buildings such as Chambord, Chenonceau, the Luxembourg Palace, and the Louvre bear encoded criticisms of religious and political authority.
By examining the lives of several famous architects of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, along with blueprints, engravings, actual structures, garden layouts, builders' manuals, and illustrated allegories, this study excavates the Calvinist faith of these architects and demonstrates the dramatic effects their embattled religious perspective had on the structures they built.

ISBN:

0812234901 (acid-free paper)
9780812234909 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 Influence.
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques 1515-1585
Brosse, Salomon de 1571-1626
Bullant, Jean 1510-1578
L'Orme, Philibert de 1514-1570
Calvin, Jean, (1509-1564) Influence.
Architecture, Renaissance France.
Architecture France History 17th century.
Calvinism in architecture.
Architecture and state France.
Architecture and state France History.
Architecture de la Renaissance France.
Architecture France Histoire 17e siècle.
Calvinisme en architecture.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale France Histoire.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale France.
11.55 Protestantism.
21.62 history of architecture.
Architecture
Architecture and state
Architecture, Renaissance
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Architektur
Calvinismus
Hugenotten
Renaissance
Calvinisme.
Bouwkunst.
Architecture France 18e siècle.
Architecture et État France.
Architecture France 17e siècle.
Architecture, Renaissance Europe.
Architecture Europe 18th century.
Architecture Europe 17th century.
Architecture France 17th century.
Architecture France 18th century
Architecture and state Europe.
France
Frankreich
Arquitectura moderna Siglos XVII-XVII Francia.
Arquitectura y estado Francia.
Calvinismo en la arquitectura.
Calvino, Jean, 1509-1564 Influencia.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

New cultural studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201583
Call No.: NA1045 .R3 1999
Status: Available