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Claude Perrault defined stereotomy as “the art of using the weight of stone against itself so as... more Claude Perrault defined stereotomy as “the art of using the weight of stone against itself so as to hold it up thanks to the very weight that pulls it down”. It is indeed a sophisticated ancient technique
highly integrated with knowledge of both practical and erudite geometry as well as mathematics. With knowledge being a defining factor of stereotomy, a few questions are raised as to its democratic
distribution and accessibility as well as the social groups that have controlled it in a chronological context. Taking to consideration the emergence of Géométrie descriptive by Gaspard Monge shortly
before 1800, one would wonder about the very existence of complex stereotomic buildings dating before the 18th century, one such example being the Chateau d’Anet, thus questioning the historical factors behind its development, geographical movement and the intentions of the people being in possession of such knowledge.
Claude Perrault defined stereotomy as “the art of using the weight of stone against itself so as... more Claude Perrault defined stereotomy as “the art of using the weight of stone against itself so as to hold it up thanks to the very weight that pulls it down”. It is indeed a sophisticated ancient technique
highly integrated with knowledge of both practical and erudite geometry as well as mathematics. With knowledge being a defining factor of stereotomy, a few questions are raised as to its democratic
distribution and accessibility as well as the social groups that have controlled it in a chronological context. Taking to consideration the emergence of Géométrie descriptive by Gaspard Monge shortly
before 1800, one would wonder about the very existence of complex stereotomic buildings dating before the 18th century, one such example being the Chateau d’Anet, thus questioning the historical factors behind its development, geographical movement and the intentions of the people being in possession of such knowledge.