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Villard de Honnecourt
13th-century artist from Picardy, France
Villard de Honnecourt (Wilars dehonecort, Vilars de Honecourt) was a 13th-century artist from Picardy in northern France.
Villard de honnecourt biography books
He is known to history only through a surviving portfolio or "sketchbook" containing about 250 drawings and designs of a wide variety of subjects.
Life
Nothing is known of Villard apart from what can be gleaned from his surviving "sketchbook."[1] Based on the large number of architectural designs in the portfolio, it was traditionally thought that Villard was a successful, professional, itinerant architect and engineer.[2] This view is sometimes contested today, as there is no evidence of him ever working as an architect and the drawings contain some inaccuracies.
However, Honnecourt compiled a manual that gave precise instructions for executing specific objects with explanatory drawings. In his writings he fused principles passed on from ancient geometry, mediev