Johann Friedrich Penther
Johann Friedrich Penther (born May 17, 1693 in Fürstenwalde ; † September 17, 1749 in Göttingen ) was a German mathematician and architectural theorist.
Life
After his training, Johann Friedrich Penther held the position of a secret war council in Brandenburg-Prussia. From 1728 Penther worked for many years of his life in the service of the Counts of Stolberg . Between 1720 and 1727 he worked at Stolberg Castle as a teacher and governor of the count's sons and as a mountain secretary. In 1724 a map of the city of Stolberg and a list of the properties, owners and residents was created. From 1727 to 1729 he accompanied Count Gottlob Friedrich zu Stolberg as an imperial captain to Hungary and Silesia. In 1730 he was appointed chamber and mountain ridge in Stolberg.
Count Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg-Wernigerode appointed Penther as professor of economics at the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and entrusted him with the administration of all the academy's properties. After publications by the University of Göttingen (including Catalogus Professorum Gottingensium), J. F. Penther was also a professor in the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Göttingen.
His “Praxis geometriae”, first published in 1732, is one of the most important German-language textbooks on surveying in the 18th century. It is richly illustrated and deals extensively with geometric drawing, the creation of maps and the calculation of geometric instruments. The frontispiece designed by Penther himself shows the enthroned Emperor Justinian I , who identifies himself as a patron of geometry through quotations from his Codex Iustinianus .
Works
- Church in Straßberg , 1732/34
- Church in Schwenda , 1736/37
- Gnomonic attachment with 12 sundials for the pleasure garden Wernigerode, now Wolfenbüttel , 1738
Fonts
- Practice geometrica. (1732)
- Construction notice or correct instruction in two examples, as in the case of a handsome stone house, like all building materials, their costs, all other construction costs at the same time. (Augsburg 1743, 1753, 1765)
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Detailed instructions on civil architecture. Pfeffel, Augsburg 1744 to 1748 (4 vol.)
- Lexicon archietctonicum or explanation of the most common art [...] words in civil architecture. (1st volume)
- All kinds of residential buildings. (2nd volume)
- Civil architecture [...] of pillars. (3rd volume)
- Publique secular buildings. (4th volume)
- Collegium architectonicum Göttingen. (1749)
- Gnomica. (1755)
literature
- Hermann Heckmann : Builder of the Baroque and Rococo in Brandenburg-Prussia. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-345-00631-6
- Hans Reuther : Johann Friedrich Penther (1693-1749). A late Baroque architectural theorist from Göttingen. In: Low German contributions to art history , Vol. 20 (1981), pp. 151–176.
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Friedrich Penther in the German Digital Library
- Publications by and about Johann Friedrich Penther in VD 18 .
- Johann Friedrich Penther: Detailed instructions on civil architecture - digital facsimile in the Heidelberg University Library
- Stolberger Geschichts- und Traditionsverein e. V .: Johann Friedrich Penther
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Penther, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German builder and architectural theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1693 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürstenwalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1749 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |