Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture: Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux
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For Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux (1801–1871), a radical French architect and chair of perspective at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the study and composition of ornament were essential pursuits. Architectural emblems and ornaments were symbols that conveyed concise and immediate meaning; they were also a crucial element in realizing the Romantic ideal of the synthesis of the arts.
Through the lens of Constant-Dufeux’s work, Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture explores the...



