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JACQUES FRANCOIS BLONDEL (1705-1774)

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JACQUES

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FRANCOIS
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BLONDEL (1705-1774)  ,
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French architect, began
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life as an architectural engraver, but
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developed into an architect of considerable distinction, if of no
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great originality . As architect to
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Louis XV. from 1755 he necessarily did much in the
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rococo manner, although it would seem that he conformed to
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fashion rather than to
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artistic conviction . He was among the earliest founders of
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schools of
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architecture in
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France, and for this he was distinguished by the
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Academy; but he is now best remembered by his voluminous
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work L'Architecture francaise, in which he was the continuator of
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Marot . The
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book is a
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precious collection of views of famous buildings, many of which have disappeared or been remodelled .

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