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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Manchester
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Chapter title
Blondel, Colbert, et l'origine de l'Académie royale d'architecture
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C - Chapter in book
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Publisher of book
(INHA )Institut National D'Histoire De L'Art - Les Collections Electronique
Book title
Architecture et Theorie. L'Heritage de la Renaissance
ISBN of book
2108-6419
Year of publication
2012
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English abstract
This article revisits the political context behind the formation of the Acadйmie royale d’architecture in 1671. To the minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the Acadйmie’s aim was to reform the crown’s relationship with the community of builders. His criticisms were both administrative and aesthetic. Years of apprenticeship had taught French architects to place loyalty to family and corporation before service to the crown. More importantly, it left them ill-equipped to create a transcendent architectural language suited to his grandiose vision of the monarchy. Transforming this culture, via the Acadйmie, would allow Colbert to exert more control over royal building projects.
