Jacques-Raymond Lucotte
Jacques-Raymond Lucotte (* 1739 ; † 1811 ) was a French architect , locksmith, mechanic and encyclopedist .
Live and act
He was a student at the Académie royale d'architecture in Paris. On August 15, 1765 he founded a free art school with the painter Poiraton, which only existed for a short time.
For the Encyclopaedia of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert , he wrote several articles, so over masonry , maçonnerie , marble , marbrier , marquetry marqueterie , carpentry menuiserie , mosaic mosaïque (art. Méchaniques), plumbing plomberie , bridge pont , machines of machines , florist fleuriste , mold formier , tourbissure , glove making Ganterie and the Locksmith serrurerie . In 1779 he opened his own school. In this École gratuite des arts the adepts were trained in two years.
Works (selection)
- Le Vignole modern, ou Traité élémentaire d'architecture. 3 vol., Paris, (1772–1784)
- L'Art de la maçonnerie. Paris, (1783)
literature
- Reed Benhamou: The Sincerest Form of flattery: the professional life of JR Lucotte. Studies on Voltaire, n ° 249, (1987), pp. 381-397.
Web links
- Jean-Philippe Garric: Décadence de la théorie des ordres à la fin du xviiie siècle. 'Institut national d'histoire de l'art.
- The Encyclopédie of Diderot & d´Alembert collaborative project. University of Michigan Library.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jacques-Antoine Dulaure: Histoire civile, physique et morale de Paris. Volume 8. Baudouin Frères (1825) p. 16
- ^ M. Pinault-Sørensen, FA Kafker: Notices sur les collaborateurs du recueil de planches de l'Encyclopédie. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie (1995) Volume 18 Issue 18-19 pp. 221-222
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucotte, Jacques-Raymond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect and encyclopedist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1739 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1811 |