Auguste Choisy
Auguste Choisy (7 February 1841 – 18 September 1909) was a French architectural historian and author of Histoire de l'Architecture.
Biography
Choisy was born in
In 1899, he published his two-volume book, Histoire de l'architecture. In it, he developed isometric drawings that combined plan, elevation, section, perspective into a single drawing. He then used this visual approach to describe buildings in social and material terms along with historical determinism.[1]
In 1904, he won the
Choisy died on September 18, 1909, at age 68, in Paris.
Books by Auguste Choisy
- L'art de bâtir chez les romains 1873[1]
- L'Asie Mineure et les Turcs en 1875: Souvenirs de Voyage par Auguste Choisy 1876[2]
- L'art de bâtir chez les byzantins 1883[1]
- Etudes épigraphiques sur l'architecture grecque 1883[1]
- Histoire de l'Architecture (The history of architecture) 1899 (two volumes)[1]
- L'Art de bâtir chez les Égyptiens 1904[1]
- Vitruve 1909 [3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Auguste Choisy - Dictionary of Art Historians". arthistorians.info. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ISBN 9789004300019.
- ^ "Auguste Choisy's Vitruve: Translation within a Graphic Transmission". blogs.lt.vt.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
Thierry Mandoul, Entre raison et utopie. L'Histoire de l'architecture d'Auguste Choisy, Wavre, Mardaga, 2008, 320 p.
External links
- Works by or about Auguste Choisy at Internet Archive
- Auguste Choisy at archINFORM
- Biography of Auguste Choisy (in French)
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The site for the centenary of Auguste Choisy. It will remain a permanent site for scholars with many relevant text in pdf otherwise out of reach
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