biography
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Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène (Emmanuel)
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pronunciation:
[vyohlay luh dük<
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| male
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| lived:
| (1814–79)
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| biography:
| Architect, theorist, and archaeologist, born in Paris, France. After studying in Italy and France, he became director of the restoration of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris (1840). He then gained fame for his restoration of many mediaeval buildings, including Notre Dame de Paris, the abbey at Vézelay, cathedrals in Amiens and Laon, the Château de Pierrefonds, and the town of Carcassone. He wrote the Dictionnaire raisonné de 'l'Architecture Française du XIe au XVIe siècle (1854–68) and Entretiens sur l'Architecture which advocated a functional theory of architecture and influenced some of the architects of the modern style. |
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