Jean-Baptiste Rondelet

Summary

Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁɔ̃dlɛ]; 4 June 1743 – 25 September 1829) was an architectural theorist of the late Enlightenment era and chief architect of the church of Sainte-Geneviève after the death of Jacques Germain Soufflot of cancer in 1780.

Jean-Baptiste Rondelet
Born(1743-06-04)4 June 1743[1]
Died25 September 1829(1829-09-25) (aged 86)[1]
NationalityFrench
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsChurch of Sainte-Geneviève

Rondelet published a treatise on architecture between 1805 and 1816.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Charvet, Léon (1899). Architectes: notices biographiques et bibliographiques avec une table des édifices et la liste chronologique des noms. Bernoux & Cumin. pp. 436 pages.
  • Frängsmyr, Tore, J. L. Heilbron & Robin E. Rider (eds.), The Quantifying Spirit in the Eighteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990.
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