“Étienne-Louis Boullée's (b.
1728 Paris, France, d. 1799 Paris, France) greatest architectural legacy is not what was built from his designs
but the designs themselves. He never went to Italy, yet his theories greatly
influenced the development of Neoclassical architecture there.
Boullée wanted to be a painter but switched to
architecture at his father's insistence. He learned to make architectural
drawings with painterly effects of light and shadow. Although
few of his designs were ever realized, his drawings have always been admired
for both their beauty and their invention.”
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