Charles Étienne Briseux
Charles-Etienne Briseux (c. 1680-1754) was a French architect. He was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations, mantel pieces, mirrors, doors and overdoors, ceilings, consoles, candelabra, wall panellings and other fittings, chiefly in the Louis Quinze mode.
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Charles Étienne Briseux
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- Born
- 1680
- Died
- 1754
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect · architectural theoretician
- Languages
- French
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Charles-Etienne Briseux (c. 1680-1754) was a French architect. He was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations, mantel pieces, mirrors, doors and overdoors, ceilings, consoles, candelabra, wall panellings and other fittings, chiefly in the Louis Quinze mode.
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He was also an industrious writer on architectural subjects.
His principal works are: • L'Architecture moderne (2 vols., 1728). • L'Art de bâtir les maisons de campagne (2 vols., 1743). • Traité du beau essentiel dans les arts, appliqué particulièrement à l'architecture (1752). • Traité des proportions harmoniques.
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1680
Charles Étienne Briseux born.
1754
Charles Étienne Briseux died.
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- 1.L'opera è attribuita a Briseux nel dizionario biografico degli artisti Thieme-Becker Künstler-Lexikon, a Jeanne-Baptiste Courtonne (1711 - 1781) da Cicognara (p. 482), a Charles-Antoine Jombert (1712 - 1784), Gilles Tiercelet, e Jeanne-Baptiste Courtonne nel catalogo della Biblioteca di Stato di Berlino (cat. n. 5375-1, 5375-2, edizione del 1764), e questa citazione è confermata nel Discours sur la manière d'étudier l'architecture et les arts qui sont relatifs à celui de bâtir di Jacques-François Blondel (1705 - 1774), edizione del 1754. Michel Gallet (1972) attribuisce, invece, il testo a Gilles Tiercelet, Augustin-Claude Tiercelet (? - 1769) e a Charles-Antoine Jombert.
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