Viel de Saint-Maux and the Symbolism of the Primitive Architecture

One of the sources usually disregarded by the scholarship on 18th century architecture is a volume of seven letters published in 1787 by an obscure architect, Viel de Saint-Maux, under the ambitious title Lettres sur l’Architecture des Anciens, et celle des Modernes, dans lesquelles se trouve dévelo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cosmin Ungureanu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House of the Romanian Academy 2016-12-01
Series:Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art : Série Beaux-Arts
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Online Access:http://www.rrha.istoria-artei.ro/resources/2016/Art_06_Ungureanu.pdf