His grandfather was an architect, and his father was a highranking civil servant, who in 1816 became the overseer of the royal residences of louis xviii. Eugeneemmanuel violletleduc french architect britannica. In disciplinary terms, violletleduc gave specificity to the knowledge and skills. Not only had violletleduc succeeded in transforming understanding of the nature and history of both sacred and secular gothic architecture, but he had carried his message to the very nerve center of french political power 17. Violletleduc was born in paris in 1814, in the last year of the empire of napoleon bonaparte. In 1894, the critic montgomery schuyler observed that violletleducs books have had the strongest influence on this generation of. View more articles from proceedings of the american academy of arts and sciences. The architectural theory of violletleduc the mit press. Eugeneemmanuel violletleduc, french gothic revival architect, restorer of. Architectural theory violletleduc is considered by many to be the first theorist of modern architecture. They inspired a generation of american architects, including frank furness, john wellborn root, louis sullivan, and frank lloyd wright. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent. 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 emerging spirit of modernism. Scott, merimee, violletleduc, the conservation movement emphasizing. Among architects and preservationists, the writings of violletleduc 18141879 have long been considered major resources. Viollet le duc, appena ventiseienne, una scelta coraggiosa presa da merimee.