| Titre | La gloire et l'argent. Architectes et entrepreneurs au XVIIe siècle | |
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| Auteur | Françoise Fichet-Poitrey | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | Numéro spécial 1969 Les faits économiques | |
| Page | 703-723 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Françoise Fichet-Poitrey : Glory and money ? architects and contractors of the XVIIth century.
The concept of glory in the 17th century, in as much as it constitutes an avowed motivation, demanded or sollicited by consumers, is situated between ostentatious consumption, munificence, and imitation. Glory determines the entrance of the different actors in the game : contractors or architects. However, on the level of the client's decision, the quest for glory comes into competition with other demands (profit or financial limits) . The different clients : the Royal house, nobility, clergy, municipalities, individuals, have their own logic. In order to understand how the relationships between architects and contractors are linked, one must understand how the cost of glory is achieved, what is the part of one or the other in the possible anticipation of expenses how can they weigh on the increase of glory. The statute for academician architects came out of the necessity to create a body of experts capable of judging excessive estimates. The contractor seems to be tied to a complex economic sub-group, the world of buildings, ruled by strictly sanctioned practices, the use of which permits certain connected commercial interest to infiltrate the milieu. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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