Marc-antoine laugier biography
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Marc-Antoine Laugier
French architectural historian (1713–1769)
Marc-Antoine Laugier (Manosque, Provence, January 22, 1713 – Paris, April 5, 1769) was a Jesuitpriest until 1755, then a Benedictine monk.
Overlooking Claude Perrault and numerous other figures, Summerson notes,
Marc Antoine Laugier can perhaps be called the first modern architectural philosopher.
— John Summerson
Laugier is best known for his Essay on Architecture published in 1753.[1] In 1755 he published the second edition with a famous, often reproduced illustration of a primitive hut.
His approach is to discuss some familiar aspects of Renaissance and post-Renaissance architectural practice, which he describes as 'faults'. These 'faults' induce his commentary on columns, the entablature, and on pediments.
Among faults he lists for columns are that of "being engaged in the wall", the use of pilasters, incorrect entasis (swelling of the column), and setting columns on pedes