Couleurs du passé/Couleurs du présent. La polychromie d’architecture chez Viollet-le-Duc
Colours of the Past/ Colours of the Present. The Polychromy of the Architecture of Viollet-le-Duc

Summary/Abstract: Viollet-le-Duc has always been attentive to the polychromy ofthe medieval churches. This article proposes to dwell on the techniquedeveloped by the architect, with P. Mérimée and J.-B. Lassus, for thepreservation and restoration of polychromy. In a second stage, this studyfocuses on the creation, by the same Viollet-le-Duc, of a new polychromyof architecture, in Pierrefonds in particular, and on the technical reflectionthat accompanies it

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