Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French: [øʒɛn vjɔlɛ lə dyk]; 27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and author, famous for his restoration of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France. His major restoration projects included Notre-Dame de Paris, the Basilica of Saint Denis, Mont Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle, the medieval walls of the city of …

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (born Jan. 27, 1814, Paris, France—died Sept. 17, 1879, Lausanne, Switz.) was a French Gothic Revival architect, restorer of French medieval buildings, and writer whose theories of rational architectural design linked the revivalism of the Romantic period to 20th-century Functionalism.. Viollet-le-Duc was a pupil of Achille Leclère but was …

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French: [øʒɛn vjɔlɛ lə dyk]; 27 January 1814 – 17 September 1879) was a French architect and author, famous for his restoration of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France. His major restoration projects included Notre-Dame de Paris, the Basilica of Saint Denis, Mont Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, born on January 21, 1814 in Paris, France, was the first architect hired to design the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty. He was hired by Fr édéric-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, who was one of …

VIOLLET-LE-DUC, EUGÈNE (1814–1879), French architect. Considered by many to be one of the most important theoreticians of architecture in the modern era, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc is renowned for his restorations of Gothic architecture in France during the nineteenth century. He began his professional career at a very young age with the ...

Viollet-le-Duc's Architecture One of the greatest architects of the 19th century, the unconventional designer, theorist and writer Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc is best known for his restorations of Romanesque architecture (Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Vezelay) and Gothic architecture (Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris).

Sep 25, 2021 · Eugène Viollet-le-Duc: The Ingenious Architect Who Restored Notre-Dame de Paris Caricature of Viollet-le-Duc, Giraud, 1861, via Libération.fr; with Portrait of Viollet-le-Duc, Félix Nadar, via Images d’Art Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, one of the most famous French architects of the 19th century, was born in Paris in 1814.

Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, (born Jan. 27, 1814, Paris, France—died Sept. 17, 1879, Lausanne, Switz.), French Gothic Revival architect, restorer, and writer. After studying architecture and training as an archaeologist, he was placed in charge of restoring the abbey church at Vézelay (1840). He assisted in restoring the Sainte-Chapelle ...

Jun 11, 2018 · Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel (1814–79). French architect, archaeologist, rationalist, scholar, and theorist, author of the influential Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XI e au XVI e siècle (published 1854–68, with a definitive edition of 1875) and the important Entretiens (Discourses) on architecture (1863–72). The Dictionary helped to …

The French architect Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc is well known for his res-toration work on Gothic monuments such as Sainte-Chappelle and Notre Dame in Paris. Yet, his legacy rests on his theoretical writings. Deeply influenced by build-ings of the Middle Ages, Viollet-le-Duc championed Gothic architecture asa model forthe designers of his day.