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Viollet-le-Duc

French architect and theorist of Gothic revival restoration.

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Also known as Viollet - le - Duc, The sage Viollet - le - Duc once patly

First appearance: ii

Viollet-le-Duc shows up with force in The Defeat of Romanticism. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Influenced Richardson; advocated using primitive sources for architectural energy.
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HHH. H. RichardsonJRJohn RuskinBJBassett JonesVIViollet-le-Duc

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