Eugene Viollet Le Duc: 6 books

Book cover of Description du chateau de Pierrefonds
by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc
Language: French
Release Date: July 26, 2014

EXTRAIT: Au XIIe siècle le château de Pierrefonds, ou plutôt de Pierrefonts, était déjà un poste militaire d’une grande importance, possédé par un comte de Soissons, nommé Conon. Il avait été, à la mort de...
Book cover of Description du château de Coucy
by Eugene Viollet-le-Duc
Language: French
Release Date: December 9, 2016

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique Extrait :Dès le commencement du Xe siècle, il existait déjà sur l’emplacement actuel du château de Coucy une forteresse bâtie par un archevêque de Reims. Ce territoire appartenait au siége de Reims depuis...
Book cover of Projet de restauration de Notre-Dame de Paris
by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus, Eugene Viollet-le-Duc
Language: French
Release Date: July 3, 2014

EXTRAIT: Considérations générales sur le système de la Restauration. MONSIEUR LE MINISTRE, En nous chargeant de la rédaction du projet de restauration de la cathédrale de Paris, nous ne nous sommes dissimulé, ni l’importance de la...
Book cover of Annals of a Fortress

Annals of a Fortress

Twenty-two Centuries of Siege Warfare

by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012

Combining the excitement of a novel with the authenticity of a historical document, this gripping book chronicles a castle's rise from obscurity to international attention during the nineteenth century. It profiles a fictional fortress, La Roche-Pont, for an unusual survey of the evolving art of siege...
Book cover of Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages
by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013

This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book describes in detail the diverse methods used to attack and defend castles during the Middle Ages. In a groundbreaking study—the first to shed light on the purpose, construction techniques, and effectiveness of medieval fortifications, noted...
Book cover of Lectures on Architecture, Volume I
by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013

Volume 1 of an unabridged reprint of extremely influential work by great 19th-century architect, champion of the Gothic Revival. Coverage of Greek and Roman architecture, Byzantine architecture, teaching of architecture, monumental sculpture, domestic architecture, much more. Over 230 engravings and...
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