Léon François Chervet

picture info	Léon François Chervet Léon François Chervet was a French sculptor, a representative of the high quality of design and execution engendered by the training of the official French École des Beaux-Arts, even among artists of the second rank in reputation. His allegorical sculpture, now called "Amphitrite" (''illustration'') is his only public sculpture. She formerly stood on the façade of the Palais du Trocadéro, Paris, built for the Exposition Universelle (1878) and demolished to make way for the Exposition of 1937. She was preserved and offered to the city of Agde Agde (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in Southern France. It is the Mediterranean port of the Canal du Midi. Location Agde is located on the Hérault river, from the Mediterranean Sea, and from Paris. The Canal du Midi con ..., where, as "Amphitrite", she now symbolizes Agde's maritime vocation in the ''place de la Marine''. Chervet exhibited at the annual salons at the Palais des Champs-Elysées, Paris, often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	École Des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. The most famous and oldest École des Beaux-Arts is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, now located on the city's left bank across from the Louvre, at 14 rue Bonaparte (in the 6th arrondissement). The school has a history spanning more than 350 years, training many of the great artists in Europe. Beaux-Arts style was modeled on classical "antiquities", preserving these idealized forms and passing the style on to future generations. History The origins of the Paris school go back to 1648, when the Académie des Beaux-Arts was founded by Cardinal Mazarin to educate the most talented students in drawing, painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture and other media. Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Allegorical Sculpture Allegorical sculpture are sculptures of personifications of abstract ideas as in allegory. Common in the western world, for example, are statues of Lady Justice representing justice, traditionally holding scales and a sword, and the statues of Prudence, representing Truth by holding a mirror and squeezing a serpent. This approach of using the human form and its posture, gesture, clothing and props to wordlessly convey social values and themes. It may be seen in funerary art as early as 1580. They were used on Renaissance monuments when patron saints became unacceptable. Particularly popular were the four cardinal virtues and the three Christian virtues, but others such as fame, victory, hope and time are also represented. The use of allegorical sculpture was fully developed under the École des Beaux-Arts. It is sometimes associated with Victorian art, and is commonly found in works dating from around 1900. Notable allegorical sculptures The Four cardinal virtues, by Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Trocadéro Palace The Trocadéro Palace was an Eclecticism, eclectic building of Moorish architecture, Moorish and Neo-Byzantine architecture, neo-Byzantine inspiration dating from the second half of the 19th century. Located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris, on the Covent of the Visitandines de Chaillot between the Trocadéro, Paris, Place du Trocadéro and the Jardins du Trocadéro, gardens of the same name, it comprised a 4,600-seat auditorium extended on either side by two curved wings, each housing a museum (the Musée des Monuments français (1795–1816), Musée des Monuments Français and the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, Musée d'Ethnographie), as well as conference rooms. Built for the Exposition Universelle (1878), 1878 Exposition Universelle, it was not intended to outlast the event; although the building was eventually preserved for some sixty years, it was widely criticized for its architectural style, its progressive dilapidation, and the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]