Le Premier Tome de l'Architecture
Medium
Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions
Overall: 14 7/8 x 10 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (37.8 x 26.4 x 4.2 cm) sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (36.9 x 24.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.74.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Le Premier Tome de lArchitecture** (1567) is a landmark publication by the renowned French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme, printed by Federic Morel. As the first volume of de l'Orme's ambitious architectural treatise, it reflects the era's fervent revival of classical antiquity in France during the reign of Charles IX. De l'Orme, who served as architect to kings Henry II and Charles IX, drew from Vitruvius and Roman models to codify French adaptations of the architectural orders—Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and his innovative Tuscan and Attic variants—making complex theory accessible...
About the Artist
Philibert De L'Orme|Federic Morel (French|French) · 1515 | –1570 |
French, 1515?–1570|