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John Shute (died 1563) was an English artist and architect who was born in Cullompton, Devon. [1] [2] His book, The First and Chief Grounds of Architecture, was the first work in English on classical architecture.
Jan 5, 2015 · John Shute’s book is the first treatise on architecture in English. It also has the earliest architectural intaglio prints published in Britain. Following Vitruvius, Serlio and Philander it describes the classical orders of architecture, together with the requirements for the 'perfecte architecte'.
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May 18, 2024 · Author of the first treatise on architecture in English, The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture (1563), based on his travels in Italy in the 1550s, and drawing heavily on Serlio and Vitruvius.
The first and chief groundes of architecture. London: Thomas Marsh for John Shute, 1563. John Shute’s influential study of architecture contains five fold-out illustrations, four in intaglio (engravings) and one in relief (woodcut).
Dec 10, 2015 · The first & chief groundes of architecture. by. Shute, John, -1563; Weaver, Lawrence, 1876-1930. Publication date. 1912. Topics. Marsh, Thomas, active 1554-1587, Architecture. Publisher. London, "Country life", limited.
Shute, John (d. 1563). Author of the first treatise on architecture in English, The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture (1563), based on his travels in Italy in the 1550s, and drawing heavily on Serlio and Vitruvius.
Mar 30, 2017 · When John Shute published the first British architectural book, The First and Chief Groundes of Architecture, in 1563, he prided himself not merely on following “the writingse of learned men,” but on grounding his work in his “owne experience and practice, gathered by the sight of Monumentes in Italie.” 24 A few decades later, one of ...
