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Hugo and Architecture: From Stone to the Pen
Culture · Wednesday, October 7 · 10:00 · Paris
Maison de Victor Hugo, 6 place des Vosges
Free
On the occasion of this exhibition currently presented at the Maison de Victor Hugo, this show explores the links between Victor Hugo and architecture and highlights how it unfolds in his literary and graphic work. A Romantic writer, accomplished playwright, engaged poet, visionary artist and decorator, Victor Hugo maintained a privileged and essential relationship with architecture that has always deeply inspired him. Churches, cathedrals and castles fill his notebooks and give meaning to his narratives. As in the early 19th century when literature and architecture intertwined…
