Nicolaus Goldmann

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Nicolaus Goldmann (also Nikolaus Goldmann; baptized on September 29, 1611 in Breslau ; † in the 1st half of 1665 in Leiden ) was a German writer , mathematician , lawyer and architectural theorist .

Life

His parents were Johann Goldmann, lay clerk in Breslau, and Maria Six. Nicolaus received his humanistic training at the Latin School of St. Maria-Magdalene in Breslau. He then studied law at the University of Leipzig from 1629 and from 1632 he studied law and mathematics at the University of Leiden . He later became a private lecturer and was given a teaching position in Leiden for mathematics and architecture . After making various trips to foreign countries, he taught architecture in Leiden until his death at the age of 53. On the title pages of his works he always referred to himself as a Breslauer Silesian ("Vratislaviensis Silesius").

His main work “ Complete Instructions for Civil Bau-Kunst ” was published in 1699 by Leonhard Christoph Sturm . In this work Goldmann quotes the books by Vitruvius , Leon Battista Alberti , Sebastiano Serlio , Andrea Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi, among others . In the foreword, Sturm reports on Goldmann's brief appointment to Venice .

In addition to the work already mentioned, he created a text "sacred architecture or the Vilalpandi description of the Temple of Solomon" . Neither of these two books was published during Goldmann's lifetime. In 1662, on the other hand, his book “ de Stylometris, or of the use of building rods according to the five columns ” was published in Amsterdam in Latin and German (a building rod or stylometer is an instrument for measuring columns). In 1643 his “ War Building Art ” was printed in Latin. His book Tractatus De Usu Proportionatorii Sive Circini Proportionalis was published in 1656 in Latin and German in Leiden. His theoretical and practical building textbooks on architecture influenced German architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries.

An example may show how strongly Goldmann's “instructions” had an impact on architecture: In the middle of the 18th century, the architect Ernst Georg Sonnin , builder of the Michaelis Church in Hamburg , complied with Goldmann's ideas when calculating the tower beams. As far as civil architecture is concerned, the philosopher Christian Wolff , among others, owes his architectural knowledge to this Silesian compatriot, which he was happy to express.

Works

  • Sacred architecture or the Vilalpandi, description of the Temple of Salomonis;
  • Writings on military architecture: "Elementorum architectura militaris 1", IV. Leiden 1643, in little changed French. Ed .: La nouvelle fortification 1645 [1] ,
  • Construction for the volute of the Ionic column capital; published as an addition to Joh. de Laet’s Vitruvausgabe, Amsterdam 1649 [2] [3] ;
  • Tractatus de Usu Proportionatorii, Leiden 1656. An introduction to the use of the Ebenpasser.
  • Invention of building rods: Tractatus de Stylometris. Use of building sticks, Leiden 1662.
  • Complete instruction on the Civil Bau-Kunst was published in 1699 by Leonhard Christoph Sturm.

literature

Nicolaus Goldmann's book Complete Instructions for Civil Architecture was published in 1699 by Leonhard Christoph Sturm. A brief biography of Nicolaus Goldmann precedes the preface to the book.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Max Semrau : Nikolaus Goldmann. In: Schlesische Lebensbilder. Silesians from 17th to 19th centuries Century. III, 2nd edition, Sigmaringen 1985, pp. 54-60
  2. ↑ Max Semrau, p. 60
  3. ^ Hans-Joachim Vollrath: Nikolaus Goldmanns (1611–1665) building rods. In: Würzburger medical history reports 24, 2005, pp. 391–404
personal data
SURNAME Goldmann, Nicolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldmann, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, mathematician, lawyer and architectural theorist
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1611
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH 1665
Place of death Suffer