Vgo, or Ugo, for "Hugues", was a
stonemason active in
Provence
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during the twelfth century. He left his signature on several
Romanesque religious edifices in Provence and mainly in
Tricastin
The Tricastin is a natural and historic region in the southern Rhône valley of southeastern France comprising the southwestern portion of the Drôme department and the northwestern portion of Vaucluse and centered on the modern town of Saint-P ...
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Vaison Cathedral
Vaison Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Nazareth (french: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Nazareth de Vaison), is a Roman Catholic church building, church and one of the two former cathedrals in Vaison-la-Romaine, France. It was formerly the seat of ...
* Notre Dame d'
Aubune
* St Blaise de
Bauzon
* St Sepulchre Chapel in
Beaumont
Beaumont may refer to:
Places Canada
* Beaumont, Alberta
* Beaumont, Quebec
England
* Beaumont, Cumbria
* Beaumont, Essex
** Beaumont Cut, a canal closed in the 1930s
* Beaumont Street, Oxford
France (communes)
* Beaumont, Ardèche
* ...
* Crypt of
Apt Cathedral
Apt Cathedral (''Cathédrale Sainte-Anne d'Apt'') is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Apt in Provence, France now designated as a national monument.
The shrine is the relic church of Saint Anne. Formerly a cath ...
He is not to be confused with
Master Hugo
Master Hugo (fl. c.1130-c.1150) was a Romanesque lay artist and the earliest recorded professional artist in England.
His documented career at Bury St Edmunds Abbey spans from before 1136 to after 1148. He is most famous for illuminating the f ...
, an English artist of the same century.
References
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Révoil, Henri. ''Architecture Romane du Midi de la France''. Paris: Morel, 1874. Vols. 2 and 3. Folio. 123 plates. Sold as a collection of prints. Mainly engravings with a few chromolithographs.
* Rouquette, Jean Marie. ''Provence Romane''. MCMLXXIV, Zodiaque La Nuit des Temps
12th-century sculptors
French male sculptors
12th-century French people
Romanesque artists
12th-century French artists