Un coacervo di contraddizioni: la Francia e il difficile rapporto con l'architettura di Michelangelo e del Manierismo fiorentino tra Otto e Novecento

During the nineteenth-century, French architectural culture recognizes with difficulty the artistic values of the Italian Mannerism, considered by the majority as a prelude to the decadence of the Baroque. In this climate of contradictions and ostracism, some architects foresee the complexity of the architecture of Michelangelo and are sometimes inspired by him in their realizations.