Through the contributions of 22 authors, this book examines the legacy of Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, the architect who restored Notre-Dame de Paris. Read More
Although the architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) only had a few direct teaching experiences, he nevertheless had many "students", as he never gave up on passing on his ideas. In addition to the institutions in which he taught, it was in the course of his practice, in his office or on restoration sites, or through his publications, that he passed on his knowledge. So, while some of these "students" had actually been taught by the "master" in an educational institution, others - the most numerous - received Violletleducian lessons through other means, without necessarily having met him, or even having been contemporaries. Widely used today, the expression "students of Viollet-le-Duc" deserved, we thought, some clarification. This is the ambition of this volume, which, thanks to contributions from 22 authors, examines the ways in which Viollet-le-Duc's thought was transmitted, and the work of some of his followers.