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Paris on the Potomac, The French Influence on the Architecture and Art of Washington, D.C.
by Cynt Field (Editor)
- ART & ARCHITECTURE
- 2007
- PAPER
- 164 PAGES
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Three architectural and art historians trace the French influence on the design of Washington, D.C. its buildings and monuments. This influence began with the French military officer Peter Charles L'Enfant, who designed the city's plan and continued through the next few centuries up until the Beaux-Arts movement of the early 20th century.
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