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-{{Template}}+{{Template}}'''Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc''' ([[January 27]] [[1814]] – [[September 17]], [[1879]]) was a French [[architect]] and theorist, famous for his restorations of [[medieval]] buildings. Born in [[Paris]], he was as central a figure in the [[Gothic Revival]] in France as he was in the public discourse on "honesty" in architecture, which eventually transcended all revival styles, to inform the moving spirit of [[Modernism]]. Sir [[John Summerson]] considered that "there have been two supremely eminent theorists in the history of European architecture—[[Leon Battista Alberti]] and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc" (Summerson 1948).
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Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (January 27 1814September 17, 1879) was a French architect and theorist, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was as central a figure in the Gothic Revival in France as he was in the public discourse on "honesty" in architecture, which eventually transcended all revival styles, to inform the moving spirit of Modernism. Sir John Summerson considered that "there have been two supremely eminent theorists in the history of European architecture—Leon Battista Alberti and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc" (Summerson 1948).




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