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Jean-Antoine Chapsal
Jean Antoine is a French given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Antoine Alavoine (1778–1834), French architect * Jean Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589), French poet * Jean-Antoine Carrel (1829–1891), Italian mountain climber * Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756–1832), French chemist, physician and politician * Jean-Antoine Constantin (1756–1844), French painter * Jean-Antoine Courbis (1752–1795), French lawyer and revolutionary * Jean-Antoine Dubois (1765–1848), French Catholic missionary in India * Jean-Antoine Gleizes (1773–1843), French writer and advocate of vegetarianism * Jean-Antoine Gros (1740–1790), French painter * Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828), French neoclassical sculptor * Jean-Antoine Lépine (1720–1814), French watchmaker * Jean-Antoine Letronne (1787–1848), French archaeologist * Jean-Antoine Marbot (1754–1800), French general and politician * Jean-Antoine Morand (1727–1794), French architect and urban planner * Jean-Antoine Nollet ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Antoine Alavoine
Jean-Antoine Alavoine (4 January 1778 – 15 November 1834) was a French architect best known for his column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris (1831–1840), the July Column to memorialize those fallen in the Revolution of 1830. The column, consciously larger-scaled than the column in the Place Vendôme, has a capital freely based on the Corinthian order, with exaggerated corner volutes flanking putti holding swags, a complicated and somewhat incoherent design that found no imitators. However, in 1813 working with another architect, Bridan, Alavoine had designed to Napoleon's orders, under the direction of Ambroise Tardieu, a colossal elephant fountain, the Elephant of the Bastille. This monument was intended for the same Place, to be constructed with a cast-bronze skin over a framework. The statue, in a circular pool, complete with a bronze ''mahout'' on its shoulders, would contain a staircase by means of which visitors could admire the view from its howdah. The monument was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |