JACQUES See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• BLONDEL, DAVID (1591-1655)
• JACQUES FRANCOIS BLONDEL (1705-1774)

BLONDEL (1705-1774)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French architect, began See also:

• LIFE

life as an architectural engraver, but See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into an architect of considerable distinction, if of no See also:

• GREAT

great originality . As architect to See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XV. from 1755 he necessarily did much in the See also:

• ROCOCO, or ROCAILLE

rococo manner, although it would seem that he conformed to See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion rather than to See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic conviction . He was among the earliest founders of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and for this he was distinguished by the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy; but he is now best remembered by his voluminous See also:

• WORK

work L'Architecture francaise, in which he was the continuator of See also:

• MAROT
• MAROT, DANIEL (seventeenth century)

Marot . The See also:

• BOOK

book is a See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious collection of views of famous buildings, many of which have disappeared or been remodelled .