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Excerpt from Pierre Puget: Peintre, Sculpteur, Architecte, D�corateur de Vaisseaux
Il y a plus, et quelque chose s'ajoute � cette figure d�j� si grande. Puget a demand� aux diverses formes de l'art la vari�t� de leurs moyens d'expres sion. Peintre, il a fait des tableaux qui suffiraient pour lui assurer un rang distingu� dans l'�cole fran�aise. Architecte, il. A anim� la pierre d'un souffle origi nal. Dessinateur habile, 'il a jet� sur le v�lin'des compositions maritimes pleines de verve. Mais sur tout, par l'application desert g�nie de sculpteur � la d�coration navale, il sut marquer cet art di5paru d'un cachet de grandeur et de richesse incompa rables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
