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Jean Goujon (c. 1510 – c. 1565) [1] [2] was a French Renaissance sculptor and architect. ... He became "sculptor to the king" (Henry II of France) ...
In 1547, Jean Goujon (1510–1572) became the court sculptor for Henry II, and this fountain was one of his first important commissions. In the same year he made illustrations for the French translation of the book of architecture by Vitruvius , a major classical source of the architecture of the Italian Renaissance and the French Renaissance .
The sculpture was a part of the fountain in Diane de Poitiers's Château d'Anet built by Philibert de L'Orme from 1547. [3] The ensemble, as engraved in its original location by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau and as shown in a 16th-century drawing at the Louvre, differs from its current form.
The wing's façade on the court side, now the Cour Carrée, consists of two main stories (ground floor and first floor) plus an attic richly decorated with Jean Goujon's bas-relief sculptures. It is crowned by a sloping or Mansard roof , which had considerable influence on the subsequent development of French architecture , including the later ...
Pierre Lescot, architect, Jean Goujon, sculptor. Fontaine de a Pompe de la Samaritaine. On the second arch of the Pont Neuf, on the side of the quai de la Corde. Built in 1549 and in operation until 1710, it was finally destroyed in 1816. Château d'eau de la Croix du Trahoir. The corner of rue de l'Arbre Sec and rue Saint Honoré.
The first major French sculptor of the Renaissance was Jean Goujon (1510–1565), also a noted graphic illustrator, whose work in bas-relief perfectly captured and refined the Italian style.
Image credits: JamesLucasIT Sculpture as an art form dates back to 32,000 years B.C. Back then, of course, small animal and human figures carved in bone, ivory, or stone counted as sculptures.
The west front as it may have appeared in the 12th century, according to Jean-Baptiste Foucher in 1906. The project for a cathedral in the new Gothic style was first launched by the Archbishop of Rouen, Hugues of Amiens, who had attended the consecration in 1144 of the Basilica of Saint-Denis , the first Gothic structure, with its emphasis upon ...