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Why It Is OpenThe word parti traces to 15th century French parti pris (decision taken), and producing a quick esquisse of the parti was central to training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris during the 19th and early 20th centuries, per Wikipedia's own Parti (architecture) article; neither the coinage nor the pedagogy is dated to a specific year in that source, and a further web search surfaced no more precise dating. 1 What Would Resolve ThisA history of Beaux-Arts pedagogy naming the year the esquisse/parti exercise was formalized in the atelier system, or an etymological source dating the architectural sense of parti pris more precisely than "15th century". 1 Discipline NeededArchitectural history, historical linguistics 1 Question Kind Question Status Reader Facing Open Question
The word parti traces to 15th century French parti pris (decision taken), and producing a quick esquisse of the parti was central to training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris during the 19th and early 20th centuries, per Wikipedia's own Parti (architecture) article; neither the coinage nor the pedagogy is dated to a specific year in that source, and a further web search surfaced no more precise dating.
What would resolve this A history of Beaux-Arts pedagogy naming the year the esquisse/parti exercise was formalized in the atelier system, or an etymological source dating the architectural sense of parti pris more precisely than "15th century".
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Producing a quick sketch (esquisse) of the parti was a critical part of architectural training at the Beaux-Arts de Paris during the 19th and early part of the 20th Century.
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