The French Reference: Architecture and Architects in the Encyclopédie

<p>This text focuses on the presence of architectural issues and related questions in Diderot and D’Alembert’s <em>Encyclopédie</em>. This presence is irregular and non-systematic, as is the <em>Encyclopédie</em> itself, with its plurality of voices, but precisely for t...

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Main Author: Juan CALATRAVA
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Salamanca 2017-02-01
Series:Cuadernos Dieciochistas
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Online Access:http://revistas.usal.es/index.php/1576-7914/article/view/15799
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Summary:<p>This text focuses on the presence of architectural issues and related questions in Diderot and D’Alembert’s <em>Encyclopédie</em>. This presence is irregular and non-systematic, as is the <em>Encyclopédie</em> itself, with its plurality of voices, but precisely for this reason, it can be representative of the different ideas of the <em>philosophes </em>about architecture. The diffusion of the Encyclopédie in Spain allows us to posit  the hypothesis that it could be a source of the architectural debate in Enlightenment Spain.</p>
ISSN:1576-7914
2341-1902