The Genius of Architecture; or, The Analogy of That Art with Our

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THE GENIUS OF ARCHITECTURE
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TEXTS & DOCUMENTS
THE GENIUS OF
Architecture; OR;
THE ANALOGY OF THAT ART WITH OUR
sensations
Nicolas Le Camus de Mégères
INTRODUCTION BY ROBIN MIDDELTON
TRANSLATION BY DAVID BRITT
The Getty Center Publication Programs
Julia Bloomiield, Kurt W. Forster, Thomas F. Reese, Editors
TEXTS & DOCUMENTS
Architecture
Harry F. Mallgrave, Editor
The Genius of Architecture; or,
The Analogy of That Art with Our Sensations
Werner Szambien, Editorial Consultant
Lynne Kostman, Manuscript Editor
Published by The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities,
Santa Monica, CA 90401-1455
© 1992 by The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities
All rights reserved. Published 1992
Printed in the United States of America
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Permission to publish an English translation of the contract for the building of the
Hôtel de Beauvau (Minutier central des notaires, Etude Bronod, LXXXVIII, 715)
has been granted by the Archives Nationales, Paris.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is to be found on the last
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Contents
11 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
13 TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
17 INTRODUCTION BY ROBIN MIDDLETON
65 NICOLAS LE CAMUS DE MÉZIÈRES
THE GENIUS OF ARCHITECTURE; OR,
THE ANALOGY OF THAT ART WITH OUR SENSATIONS
69 INTRODUCTION
77 THE GENIUS OF ARCHITECTURE
80 ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE
81 Pedestal
81 Column
81 Entablature
83 TUSCAN ORDER
83 DORIC ORDER
83 IONIC ORDER
84 CORINTHIAN ORDER
85 COMPOSITE ORDER
85 THE IDEA OF A FRENCH ORDER
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8 Contents
87 ON THE ART OF PLEASING IN ARCHITECTURE
93 EXTERIOR DECORATION
102 ON DISTRIBUTION AND DECORATION
109 Vestibule
109 Pint Anteroom
110 Second Anteroom
110 Third Anteroom
111 Salon
113 Bedchamber
115 Boudoir
118 Looking Glasses
119 Dressing Room
121 Closet for Clothing
121 Closet of Ease
122 Water Cfatct
122 batbs
123 Anteroom to the Baths
123 Bathroom
125 Vapor Bath
126 Bedroom Adjacent to the Bath
127 Closet for the Bath
127 Closet of Ease
127 Linen Roo m
130 Cabinets
130 Grand Cabinet or Study
131 ZtacX: Cabinet or Private Study
132 respository for Papers
132 Closet of Ease
132 ¿*%
133 Library
134 Cabinet Adjacent to the Library
135 Cabinet of Medals and Antiquities
135 Cabinet of Natural History
136 Cabinet of Machines
136 Dining Room
141 Serving Room
143 KITCHENS AND OFFICES
143 /T&Ar/i
144 Louer
145 Fish Larder
145 Wood Cellar
145 Roasting Chamber
145 Pastry Kitchen
146 Scullery
146 Servante'Hall
147 Kitchen Yare)
147 Officer or Pantries
147 First Pantry Room
148 Second Room, Workroom for Confectionery
148 Third Room, for Preparing the Desserts
148 Fourth Room, Storeroom for Confectionery
148 Fifth Room, Used as a Fruitery
149 Sixth Room, for Trays and Porcelain
150 Seventh Room, for the Silver
150 Eighth Room, for the Pantrymans Lodging
150 Ninth Room, for the Under Pantryman
150 Lodging for the Majordomo
150 Lodging for the Head Cook
153 LODGINGS OF THE VARIOUS OFFICERS
153 Secretary's Apartment
154 Under Secretary's Lodging
154 Librarian
154 Lodging of the Children of the House
155 Lodging of the Sons of the House
155 Young Ladies ' Lodging
156 Stewards Lodging
156 Lodgings of the Válete de Chambre
156 First Valet
156 Second Valet
157 First Lady'é-Maïd
157 Second Ladyj-Aiaid
157 Linen Room
158 Housekeepers Lodging
158 Infirmary
161 STABLE YARDS
161 Of Stables and Carriage Houses
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