Alphonse Durand, 1813 - 1882, une vie au service des monuments. Afrique du Nord in addition to previously unpublished

in addition to previously unpublished texts

the finesse of the works

It contains the largest catalog of symbols that Gallic civilization has bequeathed to us

expositions et éditions de correspondances ont réduit peu à peu la plupart des zones d’ombre et permettent aujourd’hui de mieux comprendre et de mettre en perspective l’un des épisodes les plus étonnants de l’histoire de la peinture

recognized desire as the great inventor of form

Alphonse Durand, 1813 - 1882, une vie au service des monuments. Afrique du Nord in addition to previously unpublishedA street in Mantes la Jolie, or simply a common eponym: the name Alphonse Durand does not evoke a memory commensurate with his work. Worse still, it is often tainted by the misconception that he dared to destroy the north tower of the Notre Dame collegiate church in Mantes la Jolie. Born in Mantes, this architect, trained at the cole des Beaux Arts, was part of the first list of architects for the diocesan buildings department drawn up by Eugne