Les livres d'architecture
| Author(s) | Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques |
|---|---|
| Title | « Termes et cariatides » |
| Imprint | |
| Localisation | Paris, Binha, 4° Res 85 (2) |
| Subject | Caryatids, Terms |
Under the name of “Termes”, Heinrich von Geymüller designates an ensemble of twelve engravings, each one representing three anthropomorphic supports, atlantes or caryatides, carrying a capital and occasionally a common entablature. Androuet du Cerceau’s taste for these motifs was revealed as early as 1549, with the XXV exempla arcuum . Seldom represented in the Italian trattatistica (Serlio used them only for chimney pieces), they were very popular in France, as witnessed by the works of Hugues Sambin ( Œuvre de la diversité des termes , Lyon, 1572), then of Joseph Boillot ( Nouveaux portraits et figures de termes , Langres, 1592) and in all of Northern Europe, Flanders, Germany and England.
Yves Pauwels (Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance, Tours) – 2009
Critical bibliography
H. von Geymüller, , Paris/London, Rouam/Wood & Co, 1887, pp. 307, 314.
A. Linzeler, Inventaire du fonds français. Graveurs du seizième siècle, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1932, 1, p. 61.