Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux and the Symbolic Interpretation of Architectural Origins in 19th-Century France
This essay examines the design by French architect Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux of a tomb of the maritime explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville, erected in the 'cimetière du Sud' in Paris (today, Montparnasse cemetery) in 1844. Its unusual parabolic profile and the vivid polychromy of its surfac...
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| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Architectural Histories |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.eahn.org/articles/241 |