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JACQUES FRANCOIS BLONDEL (1705-1774)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 77 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRANCOIS See also:BLONDEL (1705-1774)  , See also:French architect, began See also:life as an architectural engraver, but See also:developed into an architect of considerable distinction, if of no See also:great originality . 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 See also:fashion rather than to See also:artistic conviction . He was among the earliest founders of See also:schools of See also: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 See also:Marot . The See also:book is a See also:precious collection of views of famous buildings, many of which have disappeared or been remodelled .

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