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Charles-Louis Clerisseau (1721-1820), the French architect,
archaeologist, and artist, occupies a unique position in the genesis and
wide-ranging adoption of neoclassical architecture during the second
half of the eighteenth century. His skillful drawings in particular of
ancient decorative details, of real and imaginary ruins, and of
ancient-style buildings - helped create a style that was to influence
such notable figures as Catherine the Great and Thomas Jefferson.
Clerisseau's vision of antiquity as the basis for a new architecture is
eloquently expressed in the 169 drawings reproduced here.