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Architecture of a Romanesque style developed simultaneously in parts of France in the 10th century and prior to the later influence of the Abbey of Cluny.The style, sometimes called "First Romanesque" or "Lombard Romanesque", is characterised by thick walls, lack of sculpture and the presence of rhythmic ornamental arches known as a Lombard band.
The Académie d'Architecture (French pronunciation: [akademi daʁʃitɛktyʁ]) is a French learned society whose purpose is the recognition of architectural quality. Founded in 1840 as the Société Centrale des Architectes (French: [sɔsjete sɑ̃tʁal dez‿aʁʃitɛkt]; English: "Central Society of Architects"), the society was renamed Académie d'Architecture in 1953, reviving the name of ...
French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715) and Louis XV (1715–1774). It was preceded by French Renaissance architecture and Mannerism and was followed in the second half of the 18th century by French Neoclassical architecture .
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. [3] It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, [4] planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. [5]
Architecton, the twelfth feature film by Viktor Kossakovsky was filmed in a schedule of 60 days. [6] It is produced by the German company Ma.ja.de. with the French Point du Jour International and Les films du Balibari in collaboration with A24 and Hailstone Films.
The interior of the department store Galeries Lafayette (1912). The architecture of Paris created during the Belle Époque, between 1871 and the beginning of the First World War in 1914, was notable for its variety of different styles, from neo-Byzantine and neo-Gothic to classicism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Éditions Larousse, a French publishing house founded by Pierre Larousse some of its publications Grand Larousse encyclopédique, 1960–1964 encyclopedia; Larousse Gastronomique; Petit Larousse (1905) Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, 1866–1876 encyclopedia, the first Larousse; Nouveau Larousse illustré, 1897–1904 encyclopedia
Palace of Versailles (1661–1710). The Louis XIV style or Louis Quatorze (/ ˌ l uː i k æ ˈ t ɔːr z,-k ə ˈ-/ LOO-ee ka-TORZ, - kə-, French: [lwi katɔʁz] ⓘ), also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign.