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Nouveau Louvre
The expansion of the Louvre under Napoleon III in the 1850s, known at the time and until the 1980s as the Nouveau Louvre or Louvre de Napoléon III, was an iconic project of the Second French Empire and a centerpiece of its ambitious transformation of Paris. Its design was initially produced by Louis Visconti and, after Visconti's death in late 1853, modified and executed by Hector Lefuel. It represented the completion of a centuries-long project, sometimes referred to as the ''grand dessein'' ("grand design"), to connect the old Louvre Palace around the Cour Carrée with the Tuileries Palace to the west. Following the Tuileries' arson at the end of the Paris Commune in 1871 and demolition a decade later, Napoleon III's ''nouveau Louvre'' became the eastern end of Paris's ''axe historique'' centered on the Champs-Élysées. The project was initially intended for mixed ceremonial, museum, housing, military and administrative use, including the offices of the and which after 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavillon Sully Du Louvre 002
Pavillon may refer to: * Le Pavillon Hotel, New Orleans * Le Pavillon (New York City restaurant), a former New York City restaurant * Pavillon de Flore, a section of the Palais du Louvre in Paris, France * Pavillon de Paris, a large concert space in Paris, France * Pavillon de l'Arsenal, a center for urban planning and museum in Paris, France * Pavillon de la Jeunesse, an indoor arena in Quebec City, Quebec * Pavillon des sports Modibo Keita, an indoor sporting arena in Bamako, Mali * Le Pavillon-Sainte-Julie, a commune in the Aube department in north-central France * Pavillon de l’Horloge, a structure by architect Jacques Lemercier People with the surname * Étienne Pavillon, French lawyer and poet * Nicolas Pavillon, French bishop of Alet and Jansenist See also * Pavilion (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Trélat
Émile Trélat (6 March 1821 – 30 October 1907) was a French politician. He was the son of Ulysse Trélat and great-grandfather of Gabriel Richet. He graduated at the École Centrale Paris in 1840. He first managed the ceramic factory of Rubelles (Seine-et-Marne), and later turned to architecture. He was a civil construction professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers from 1854 to 1895. In 1865 he founded 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 .... In 1871 he became lead architect of the department of the Seine. He was deputy of the Seine from 1891 to 1898, belonging to the radical party. References Sources * " Émile Trélat ", dans le DicoParlement1889 19th-century French architects École Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Pfnor
Rudolf Pfnor later spelt ''Rodolphe Pfnor'' (* 1824 in Darmstadt; † 1909 in Paris) was a German–French artist who specialised mainly in copper and steel engraving. Life Pfnor was born in Darmstadt in 1824 as the son of the inventor and woodcutter Johann Wilhelm Gottlieb Pfnor (19 December 1792 – 9 June 1869); in 1846 he moved to Paris. There he became a pioneer of the ''arts industriels'', i.e. the idea of arts and crafts. Pfnor also excelled as a publicist in this field. In this context, he collaborated with intellectuals of his time, such as Anatole France. He became famous for his graphic documentations of castles such as those of Anet, Fountainebleau and Heidelberg. Pfnor's graphic work is actively traded on the art market. By contrast, Pfnor's drawings are rare on the art market. His work can be found in the British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste-Ange Tissier
Jean-Baptiste-Ange Tissier (6 March 1814, in Paris – 4 April 1876, in Nice) was a French painter in the Romantic style. He was primarily a portraitist and was an official artist of the Second Empire. Biography His parents were originally from Soissons. He began his education there, then continued at the Minor Seminary in Laon. In 1835, he worked in the studios of Ary Scheffer and Paul Delaroche while taking classes at the École des Beaux-arts. He exhibited several portraits at the Salon in 1838 and continued to have showings there on a regular basis throughout his life. Many of his works were purchased by the government. They received awards in 1845 (Third Class Medal), 1847 and 1848 (Second Class Medal), 1855 (Third Class) and 1861 (Second Class). In 1852, along with Charles Landelle and Jean Gigoux, he decorated the waiting rooms for the "Court of Auditors" and the "Council of State" at Orsay Palace (now the Musée d'Orsay). In 1861, in addition to the portraits, he p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugénie De Montijo
''Doña'' María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (), was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the Emperor was overthrown on 4 September 1870. Born to prominent Spanish nobility, Eugénie was educated in France, Spain, and England. As Empress, she used her influence to champion "authoritarian and clerical policies"; her involvement in politics earned her much criticism from contemporaries.McQueen, 2011; p. 3 Napoléon and Eugénie had one child together, Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856–79). After the fall of the Empire, the three lived in exile in England; Eugénie outlived both her husband and son and spent the remainder of her life working to commemorate their memories and the memory of the Second Empire. Youth The woman who became the last Empress of the French was born in Granada, Spain, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cour Napoléon
The expansion of the Louvre under Napoleon III in the 1850s, known at the time and until the 1980s as the Nouveau Louvre or Louvre de Napoléon III, was an iconic project of the Second French Empire and a centerpiece of its ambitious transformation of Paris. Its design was initially produced by Louis Visconti and, after Visconti's death in late 1853, modified and executed by Hector Lefuel. It represented the completion of a centuries-long project, sometimes referred to as the ''grand dessein'' ("grand design"), to connect the old Louvre Palace around the Cour Carrée with the Tuileries Palace to the west. Following the Tuileries' arson at the end of the Paris Commune in 1871 and demolition a decade later, Napoleon III's ''nouveau Louvre'' became the eastern end of Paris's ''axe historique'' centered on the Champs-Élysées. The project was initially intended for mixed ceremonial, museum, housing, military and administrative use, including the offices of the and which after 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percier And Fontaine
Percier and Fontaine was a noted partnership between French architects Charles Percier and Pierre François Léonard Fontaine. History Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of early 19th-century Neoclassical architecture known as Directoire style and Empire style. Following Charles Percier's death in 1838, Fontaine designed a tomb in their characteristic style in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Percier and Fontaine had lived together as well as being colleagues. Fontaine married late in life and after his death in 1853 his wife placed his body in the same tomb according to his wishes. References Further reading *Charles Percier, Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (2018)''The Complete Works of Percier and Fontaine.''New York, Princeton Architectural Press Princeton Architectural Press is a small press publisher, specializing in books on architecture, design, photography, landscape, and visual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
