# Viollet-le-Duc — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Viollet-le-Duc in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0020-ii

## Who they are

French architect and theorist of Gothic revival restoration.

## In the story

### [The Defeat of Romanticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/v-the-defeat-of-romanticism)

Influenced Richardson; advocated using primitive sources for architectural energy.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i)

Influenced Richardson's approach to architecture, advocating primitive sources for energy.

### [The Imperial Age and Its Architectural Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iii)

Quoted on preferring apples on the tree to arranged fruit, critiquing the museum's approach.

### [Esthetics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/v-esthetics)

Author of 'The Habitations of Man in All Ages'; his theme is recommended for redevelopment in light of contemporary research.

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