Camille Enlart (22 November 1862 – 14 February 1927) was a French

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and

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

. His areas of special interest were the Middle Ages and photography.

Biography

Enlart initially learned painting at the

Beaux-Arts de Paris The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...

, then studied Law at the

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

in 1885–1889. In 1893, he was appointed as assistant librarian at the

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after a two-year trip to Italy. Between 1894 and 1899, he was deputy to

Robert de Lasteyrie Robert de Lasteyrie (1849-1921) was a French archivist and politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1893 to 1898, representing Corrèze. References 1849 births 1921 deaths Politicians from Paris Robert The ...

at the École Nationale des Chartes. He taught medieval archeology at the

École Spéciale d'Architecture The École spéciale d'architecture (ÉSA; formerly École centrale d'architecture) is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France. The school was founded in 1865 by engineer Emile Trélat as reaction against the ...

and the

École du Louvre The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and grande école located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy. Admission is ...

. In 1903, he became director of the

Musée national des Monuments Français The Musée national des Monuments Français ( en, National Museum of French Monuments) is today a museum of plaster casts of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris, France. It now forms ...

; he held this position until his death.

Publications

* ''Monuments religieux de l'architecture romane dans les diocèses d'Amiens'', d'Arras et de Thérouanne. Positions de thèse. Paris : École des chartes, 1889. * ''Origines de l'architecture gothique en Italie''. Paris: Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, 1894. *
L'art gothique et la renaissance en Chypre : illustré de 34 planches et de 421 figures
'. Paris, 1899. * ''Manuel d'archéologie française, depuis les temps reculés jusqu'à la Renaissance. T. I : Architecture religieuse''. Paris : Picard, 1902, 816 ^e éd. augm. : Paris, 1919–1920, 938 p. ; '' t. II : Architecture civile et militaire''. Paris: Picard, 1904, 856 ^e éd. augm. : ''Architecture civile''. Paris : Picard, 1929. ''Architecture militaire'', Paris : Picard, 1932 ; t. III : Costumes. Paris : Picard, 1916, 856 p. * '' La Renaissance en France, l'Architecture et la Décoration''. Paris : Editions Albert Morancé, Series 1 - approx. 1913, Series 2 - 1921. * ''Hôtel et beffrois du nord de la France : Moyen Âge et Renaissance''. Paris : H. Laurens, 1919, 64 p. * ''Villes mortes du Moyen Âge''. Paris : É. de Boccard, 1920, 164 p. * ''Les Monuments des Croisés dans le Royaume de Jérusalem'' ; préf. de

Paul Léon Paul Léon (2 October 1874 – 1 August 1962) was a French art professor and historiographer. Biography He spent his childhood in Vosges, where his family originated. He attended college in Épinal. After receiving his baccalauréat, he continue ...

. Paris, 1925–1929, 2 vol. * ''Manuel d'archéologie: la Renaissance en France, architecture et sculpture''. Paris, ouvrage posthume, 1928. * ''Histoire de l'art depuis les premiers temps chrétiens jusqu'à nos jours''. Collab. de Camille Enlart et al., André Michel, dir., ouvrage posthume. Paris: A. Colin, 1929.

Awards

*1910: Knight of the

Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

Photography

Hôpital Saint-Jean d'Angers Enlart.jpg, Hôpital Saint-Jean d'Angers La vasque de l'abbaye de Daoulas (Camille Enlart).jpg, Daoulas at the start of the 20th century

References

Bibliography

* Claude Seiller, Jacques Thiébaut, ''Collection Camille Enlart : Boulogne-sur-Mer, musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Exposition du 26 juin au 30 octobre 1977'', Ed. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, 1977.

External links

La Renaissance en France; l'Architecture et la Décoration, Série I, Vol. 1 approx. 1913
Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Digital Library. 1862 births 1927 deaths People from Boulogne-sur-Mer French archaeologists French art historians École du Louvre alumni Knights of the Legion of Honour Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres {{France-art-historian-stub