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1724 In Architecture
The year 1724 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events *Work recommences on the Salon d'Hercule at Versailles under Jacques Gabriel, after a break caused by the death of King Louis XIV of France in 1715. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Cannons, a house in Edgware, Middlesex, England, built for James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos with façades designed by James Gibbs. * Maids of Honour Row, terraced houses on Richmond Green, Richmond, Surrey, England. * Chester Courthouse in Pennsylvania (North America). * Shire Hall, Monmouth, Great Britain. * Church of St. Edmund, Dudley, England. * St. Stephanus, Bork, Germany. * Cluj Jesuit Church in Transylvania (Romania). * Stavropoleos Monastery in Bucharest, Romania. * Rebuilt Sam Poo Kong temple in Semarang, Java. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Pierre Le Tailleur de Boncourt. Births *June 8 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (died 1792) *October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salon D'Hercule
The Salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the Royal Chapel in the North Wing of the château with the ''grand appartement du roi''. Description Originally, the fourth and penultimate chapel, the ''salon d’Hercule'' occupies the tribune level of this chapel. Initially called the ''nouveau salon près de la chapelle'' (new salon near the chapel) when the room was started in 1710 by Robert de Cotte for Louis XIV. However, with the death of Louis XIV in 1715 the project was postponed (Verlet, 321). Beginning in 1724, work on the ''salon d’Hercule'' recommenced. Louis XV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel, ''marbrier'' Claude-Félix Tarlé, and sculptors Jacques Verberckt and François-Antoine Vassé to complete the room (Verlet, 321). The room was completed in 1736 with the ceiling painting ''Apothéose d’Hercule'' (''Apotheosis of Hercules'') by François Lem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St
Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center Fictional entities * Church (''Red vs. Blue''), a fictional character in the video web series ''Red vs. Blue'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien-David Le Roy
French engraver Julien-David Le Roy or Leroy (; 6 May 1724 in Paris – 28 January 1803 in Paris) was an 18th-century French architect and archaeologist, who engaged in a rivalry with Britons James Stuart and Nicholas Revett over who would publish the first professional description of the Acropolis of Athens since an early 1682 work by Antoine Desgodetz. Le Roy succeeded in printing his '' Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece'' four years ahead of Stuart and Revett. Athens study Stuart and Revett were researching Athens since 1748Bergdoll, p. 16 but Le Roy had an advantage in accessing the ruins due to good relations between France and the Ottoman Empire.Lefaivre, Tzonis p. 358 Le Roy's studies, supported by Comte de Caylus and his art circle, recruited the finest engravers and architects to produce illustrations, and became sort of a national project for the pre-revolutionary France.Bergdoll, p. 18 Le Roy spent only three months in Athens (compared to three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1795 In Architecture (first p ...
The year 1795 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Franklin Place in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, is completed. * Old North Building at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., probably designed by Leonard Harbaugh, is completed. * Remodelling of Łazienki Palace in Warsaw by Domenico Merlini, begun in 1764, is completed. * Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, designed by Thomas Telford, is completed. * The Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, designed and built by John Tilley and John Carline, is completed. * Gallowgate Barracks in Glasgow, Scotland, are built. * The Cabildo in New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Næss (architect)
Hans Pedersen Næss (October 1723 – 3 January 1795) was a Danish architect. He was one of a generation of Neoclassical architects educated under Nicolas-Henri Jardin and Caspar Frederik Harsdorff; he mainly designed manor houses. Biography His exact date of birth remains unknown, but Hans Næss was born the son of a farmer at Næs on the island of Funen near Assens, Denmark. He was baptized on 24 October 1723. He worked as a notary at the Brahesborg estate and then for three years as a local functionary at Assens Town Hall before travelling to Copenhagen, where he attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. There he studied under Nicolas-Henri Jardin and won the large silver medal in 1758, the small gold medal in 1760 and 1762, and then finally, the large gold medal in 1763. After completing his education, he taught geometry and perspective at the Academy of Arts from 1765 to 1782 and worked for Harsdorff. From 1781 to 1782 he served as architect at the royal chapels in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1792 In Architecture
The year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * May 16 – La Fenice theatre in Venice, designed by Gianantonio Selva, is inaugurated with an opera performance. * August 22–31 – Columbus Obelisk in Baltimore, Maryland. * October 13 – Work begins on the White House, designed by James Hoban, in Washington, D.C. * Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia is built. * Church of St John-at-Hackney in London, designed by James Spiller, is built. * Stenbock House in Tallinn, designed by Johann Caspar Mohr, is completed. * The Old State House (Connecticut) in Hartford is probably designed by Charles Bulfinch (his first commission for a public building). * Manjarabad fort in India is built. * Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, which becomes the Soane Museum. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Pierre-Charles-Joseph Normand. Births * June 15 – Philip Hardwick, English architect (died 1870) * August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Smeaton
John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed "civil engineer", and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".Mark Denny (2007). "Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World". p. 34. JHU Press. He pioneered the use of hydraulic lime in concrete, using pebbles and powdered brick as aggregate. Smeaton was associated with the Lunar Society. Law and physics Smeaton was born in Austhorpe, Leeds, England. After studying at Leeds Grammar School he joined his father's law firm, but left to become a mathematical instrument maker (working with Henry Hindley), developing, among other instruments, a pyrometer to study material expansion. In 1750, his premises were in the Great Turnstile in Holborn. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753 and in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803 and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots that called for cultural change. History The Prix de Rome was initially created for painters and sculptors in 1663 in France, during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by completing a very difficult elimination contest. To succeed, a student had to create a sketch on an assigned topic while isolated in a closed booth with no reference material to draw on. The prize, organised by the Académie Royale de Peinture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semarang
Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for 2020–2022. It has an area of and is located at . The population of the city was 1,555,984 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,653,524 at the 2020 census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. making it Indonesia's ninth most populous city after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bekasi, Bandung, Medan, Depok, Tangerang and Palembang. The built-up urban area had 3,183,516 inhabitants at the 2010 census spread over two cities and 26 districts. The Semarang metropolitan area (a.k.a. ''Kedungsepur'') has a population of over 6 million in 2020 (''see Greater Semarang section''). The population of the cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Poo Kong
Sam Poo Kong (), also known as Gedung Batu Temple, is the oldest Chinese temple in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. Originally established by the Chinese Muslim explorer Zheng He (also known as Sanbao), it is now shared by Indonesians of multiple religious denominations, including Muslims and Buddhists, and ethnicities, including Chinese and Javanese. History The foundations of Sam Poo Kong were set when Chinese Muslim explorer Admiral Zheng He arrived in the western part of what is now Semarang via the Garang River; the year is disputed, with suggestions ranging from 1400 to 1416. After disembarking from his ships, Zheng found a cave in a rocky hillside and used it for prayer. He established a small temple before leaving Java but, having grown fond of the area, his deputy Wang Jing and several crewmen remained behind. A statuette of Zheng was installed in the cave. The original temple was reportedly destroyed in 1704, collapsing under a landslide. In October 1724 the temple w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
