Jean Bullant
Jean Bullant (* around 1520 in Bournazel; † October 13, 1578 ibid) was a French architect and architectural theorist.
As one of the most important exponents of Renaissance architecture in France, he is one of the founders of the classicist design language that shaped French architecture in the 16th and 18th centuries, alongside Pierre Lescot and Philibert Delorme .
Life
Bullant learned his trade in Rome , where he spent a few years. In 1545 he returned to Paris and entered the service of Connétable Anne de Montmorency , on whose behalf he built the castles in Fère-en-Tardenois (around 1537–40), Écouen (around 1540–53) and Chantilly (around 1560) . In 1557 appointed “Contrôleur des bâtiments du roi” . After the Connétable's death in 1567, Bullant entered the service of the Queen Dowager Catherine de Medici . On their behalf he took over the management of the expansion of the Chenonceau Castle around 1576 . From 1571 to 1574 King Heinrich III. the construction management of the castles Fontainebleau and Chambord . With his writings Règle générale d'Architecture (1563) and Petit Traicté de Géométrie (1564) Bullant also emerged as an influential architectural theorist .
literature
- Jean-Pierre Babelon: Le Chateau de Chantilly , Paris 2008, pp. 42-53
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bullant, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1520 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bournazel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1578 |
| Place of death | Bournazel |