EUGÈNE EMMANUEL VIOLLET-LE-DUC (cerchia di) (Paris,... Lot 8

EUGÈNE EMMANUEL VIOLLET-LE-DUC (cerchia di) (Paris, 1814 - Lausanne, 1879) Gothic abbey project Oil on canvas, 55X74 cm The painting is likely attributable to a French author influenced by Viollet-Le-Duc, an architect famous for restoring medieval buildings and a leading figure in 'neo-Gothic' culture. Le-Duc was a proponent of stylistic restorations aimed at 'perfect' reconstruction, designed to restore monuments to their ideal completeness. His vision required artists to study 13th-century architecture in order to grasp not only its constructive grammar, but especially 'the spirit,' and it is this interpretation of art that explains the painting under consideration, which well evokes Le-Duc's scale models and drawings.