se surpasser

Pendant que les architectes se surpassaient les uns les autres pour accomplir de grandes œuvres, toute une classe de bourgeois et d'aristocrates cherchaient des œuvres d'art pour décorer leurs maisons de campagne et leurs hôtels particuliers.
While architects tried to outdo one another, accomplishing great works, the bourgeois and aristocratic classes sought works of art to decorate their homes and their country mansions.
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