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JACQUES See also: life as an architectural engraver, but See also: developed into an architect of considerable distinction, if of no See also: great
originality
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As architect to See also: Louis XV. from 1755 he necessarily did much in the
See also: rococo manner, although it would seem that he conformed to fashion rather than to See also: artistic conviction
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He was among the earliest founders of See also: schools of architecture in See also: France, and for this he was distinguished by the See also: Academy; but he is now best remembered by his voluminous See also: work L'Architecture francaise, in which he was the continuator of Marot
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The See also: book is a precious collection of views of famous buildings, many of which have disappeared or been remodelled
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