What little there was, started with Charles de Wailly's crypt in the church of St Leu-St Gilles (1773–80), and Claude Nicolas Ledoux's Barriere des Bonshommes (1785–89). First-hand evidence of Greek architecture was of very little importance to the French, due to the influence of Marc-Antoine Laugier's doctrines that sought to discern the principles of the Greeks instead of their mere practices. It would take until Laboustre's Neo-Grec of the second Empire for the Greek revival to flower briefly in France.
What little there was , started with Charles de Wailly 's crypt in the church of St Leu - St Gilles ( 1773–80 ) , and Claude Nicolas Ledoux 's Barriere des Bonshommes ( 1785–89 ) . First - hand evidence of Greek architecture was of very little importance to the French , due to the influence of Marc - Antoine Laugier 's doctrines that sought to discern the principles of the Greeks instead of their mere practices . It would take until Laboustre 's Neo - Grec of the second Empire for the Greek revival to flower briefly in France .
In which wave of neoclassical was the greek revival in France?
In which wave of neoclassical was the greek revival in France ?
second Empire
second Empire