Viollet-le-Duc

[ vyaw-le-luh-dyk ]

noun

1. Eu·gène Em·ma·nu·el [œ, -, zhen, e-m, a, -n, y, -, el], 1814–79, French architect and writer.

Viollet-le-Duc

/ vjɔlɛlədyk /

noun

1. Viollet-le-DucEugène Emmanuel18141879MFrenchARCHITECTURE: architect Eugène Emmanuel (øʒɛn ɛmanɥɛl). 1814–79, French architect and leader of the Gothic Revival in France, noted for his dictionary of French architecture (1854–68) and for his restoration of medieval buildings

Example Sentences

Viollet-le-Duc says that the “Saracinois” was a term applied to the makers of velvety carpets (tapis veloutés).

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According to Viollet-le-Duc, it is pre-eminently an ogival church.

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Viollet-le-Duc used to consider the church of tain with its three naves one of the five noteworthy churches of the Meuse.

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Viollet-le-Duc called Laon the laic cathedral par excellence.

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M. Viollet-le-Duc considered the apse of Limoges one of the most scientific of Gothic constructions.

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