Ludovic Vitet

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Ludovic Vitet (1865)

Louis Vitet (18 October 1802 – 5 June 1873) was a French dramatist and politician who wrote under the pen-name Ludovic Vitet.

Biography

Vitet was born in Paris. He was educated at the École Normale. His politics were liberal and he was a member of the society "Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera." On the triumph of liberal principles in 1830, Guizot created an office especially for Vitet, who became inspector-general of historical monuments. In 1834, he entered the Chamber of Deputies, and two years later was made a member of the Council of State. He was consistent in his monarchist principles, and abstained from taking any part in politics during the second empire. The disasters of 1870-71 reawakened Vitet's interest in public affairs, and he published in the Revue des deux mondes his optimistic "Lettres sur le siège de Paris."

Vitet was the author of some valuable works on the history of art, and his Monographie de l'Église Notre-Dame de Noyon (1845) especially did much to awaken popular interest in architecture. In the early days of the Romantic movement, he wrote some vivid dramatic sketches of the time of the League.

He died in Versailles in 1873.

Works

  • Les Barricades (1826)
  • Les États de Blois (1827)
  • La Mort de Henri III (1829)
  • Rapport au Ministre de l’Intérieur sur les Monuments, les Bibliothèques, etc. de l’Oise, de l’Aisne (1831)
  • Histoire de Dieppe (1838)
  • Eustache Lesueur, sa vie et ses œuvres (1843)
  • La Ligue (1844)
  • Monographie de l'Église de Notre-Dame de Noyon (1845)
  • Fragments et Mélanges (1846)
  • Histoire Financière du Gouvernement de Juillet (1848)
  • Les États d'Orléans (1849)
  • Le Louvre (1852)
  • Études sur l'Histoire de l'Art (1864)
  • Le Comte Duchâtel (1875)
  • L'Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture: Étude Historique (1861)
  • Un Mot sur l'Archéologie Orientale (1868)
  • Études Philosophiques et Littéraires (1875)

References

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