Loing du Soleil : architectural practice in Quebec City during the French regime / Marc Grignon.

Main entry:

Grignon, Marc.

Title & Author:

Loing du Soleil : architectural practice in Quebec City during the French regime / Marc Grignon.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

American university studies. Series IX, History ; v. 165

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-239) and index.
1. The Enlargement of Notre-Dame Cathedral -- 2. The Recollet Monastery in the Upper Town -- 3. The Reconstruction of the Ursuline Convent -- 4. The Production of Urban Houses.

Summary:

Loing du Soleil discusses the production of architecture in Quebec City from the 1680s to the 1730s, at a time when Canada was still a French colony. The author examines archival documents such as letters, contracts, account books, drawings, city views and maps in order to assess the contribution of builders and clients to the architectural designs of that period. Each chapter deals with the design process of a specific building or building type, and examines in detail such questions as the ambiguity of the architect's role, the client's preoccupation with prestige as well as his awareness of the city's image as portrayed in city views.

ISBN:

082042515X (alk. paper)
9780820425153 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Architects and patrons Québec (Province) Québec.
Architecture Québec (Province) Québec History.
Architecture, Colonial Québec (Province) Québec.
Architecture Québec (Province) Québec History 18th century.
Architectes et mécènes Québec (Province) Québec.
Architecture Québec (Province) Québec Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture Québec (Province) Québec Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture coloniale Québec (Province) Québec.
Architecture Québec (Province) Québec Histoire.
Architects and patrons.
Architecture.
Architecture, Colonial.
Buildings.
Architektur
Mäzenatentum
Fransen.
Architecture 17e siècle Canada Québec (Canada)
Architecture 18e siècle Canada Québec (Canada)
Architecture coloniale Canada Québec (Canada)
Architectes et mécènes Canada Québec (Canada)
Québec (Québec) Buildings, structures, etc.
Québec (Québec) Constructions.
Québec Québec.
Québec

Form/genre:

Theses.
History.

Added entries:

American university studies. Series IX, History ; v. 165.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 128205
Call No.: ID NA747.Q4.G75 CAN; ID:97-B1555
Status: Available

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