Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1830–79

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Perspectival Cross-Section of a Venetian Palace, 1830–79, Pen and gray ink, brush and light wash, metal point framing lines, with small spatters of brown wash, 9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in. ( x cm), Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (French, Paris 1814–1879 Lausanne), In 1836 and 1837 the young architect Viollet-le-Duc traveled through Italy and became especially enamored with Venice, which he greatly preferred over Rome. He admired the way the principles of the Byzantine and the Gothic styles had merged with the classical tradition in Venetian architecture and how the overabundant Rococo seemed to have had little influence

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Size: 3665px × 2688px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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