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Joan of Arc is a monumental bronze sculpture by French sculptor Paul Dubois. It depicts Joan of Arc both as a warrior and as a divinely inspired visionary. The original plaster was presented at the Salon in 1889, on a commission by the city of Reims in 1887. [ 1 ]
It is the only public commission of the state from 1870 to 1914, called the Golden Age of statuary in Paris, the other statues were funded by private subscriptions. The sculptor took as his model Aimée Girod (1856–1937), a young woman from Domrémy, Joan of Arc's village in Lorraine. The statue was inaugurated in 1874.
The Saint Joan of Arc Basilica (French: Basilique Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc) is located on the Rue de Torcy and the Rue de la Chapelle in the quartier de la Chapelle of the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Its design was the subject of a contentious design competition.
Place des Pyramides and its Jeanne d'Arc statue. The Place des Pyramides is a public square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France It is located in the middle of the Rue de Rivoli, at its intersection with the Rue des Pyramides and the Avenue du General Lemonnier, at the eastern end of the Tuileries Garden.
Emmanuel Frémiet (6 December 1824 – 10 September 1910) was a French sculptor.He is famous for his 1874 sculpture of Joan of Arc in Paris (and its "sister" statues in Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon) and the monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps in Suez.
Jeanne d'Arc statue at Place des Pyramides, Paris by Emmanuel Frémiet, 1874 Joan of Arc ( Jeanne d'Arc in French) has inspired artistic and cultural works for nearly six centuries. The following lists cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture.
A marble version decorates the façade of the Louvre in Paris and another is at the Musée d'Orsay: Equestrian statue of Joan of Arc: Paris This statue by Dubois is located in Paris' place Saint- Augustin. [16] There is a bronze version cast by Bingen in front of Reims cathedral and another in Washington cast by Rudier.
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk] ⓘ; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be ...