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    François Mansart (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa mɑ̃saʁ]; 23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism...
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    renowned great-uncle François Mansart, one of the originators of the classical tradition in French architecture; Hardouin inherited Mansart's collection of plans...
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  • Mansart may refer to: François Mansart (1598–1666), French architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), French architect, his grandnephew Mansart (crater)...
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    1550. This roof design was popularised in the early 17th century by François Mansart (1598–1666), an accomplished architect of the French Baroque period...
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    space. One of the most accomplished formulators of the new style was François Mansart, a tireless perfectionist. He was not the first to use the sloping...
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    (now Château de Maisons-Laffitte [ʃato də mɛzɔ̃ lafit]), designed by François Mansart from 1630 to 1651, is a prime example of French baroque architecture...
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    Sorbonne by Jacques Lemercier (1626–35) and the Château de Maisons by François Mansart (1630–1651). The Late Baroque (1675–1750) saw the style spread to all...
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    is famous for the Château de Maisons-Laffitte, built by architect François Mansart in the 17th century, and its horse racing track, the Maisons-Laffitte...
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    Great of Russia. Major architects of the period included François Mansart, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Robert de Cotte, Pierre Le Muet, Claude Perrault, and...
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    figures during this period include gardener André Le Nôtre, architect François Mansart, painter Nicolas Poussin, painter Philippe de Champaigne, painter Charles...
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    Invalides was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart from 1676, taking inspiration from his great-uncle François Mansart's design for a Chapelle des Bourbons [fr]...
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    her son, Louis XIV in 1638. It was begun in 1645 by the architect François Mansart, and completed in 1665 by Gabriel Le Duc. The abbey and church were...
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    by Jules Hardouin-Mansart The École Militaire (1751–1780) by Ange-Jacques Gabriel The Arc de Triomphe (1806–1836) by Jean-François Chalgrin Palais Garnier...
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    included François Mansart (1598–1666), Pierre Le Muet (Church of Val-de-Grace, 1645–1665) and Louis Le Vau (Vaux-le-Vicomte, 1657–1661). Mansart was the...
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    generalist. Baroque architecture: The Château de Maisons (France), by François Mansart, 1630–1651 Rococo architecture: The pièce de la vaisselle d'or (Palace...
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    architecture and had visited France, where he studied the work of François Mansart. Wren's design developed through five general stages. The first survives...
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    engineer, one of the influential trio that included Louis Le Vau and François Mansart who formed the classicizing French Baroque manner, drawing from French...
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  • primacy of "sensory delights". Architects believing in logic (like François Mansart, François Blondel) expected architectural form to follow laws of nature...
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    the Palais Royal, which was the King's residence. He commissioned François Mansart to add a garden wing with two superimposed galleries running north...
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    Baroque columns and entablature of the Château de Maisons, France, by François Mansart, 1630–1651 Baroque Doric pilasters and entablature on the facade of...
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    16th century. Dormer windows were popularised by French architect François Mansart, who used dormers extensively in the mansard roofs he designed for...
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    low-relief. A garden gallery, designed by François Mansart ca. 1644–45, was later added to the Hôtel Tubeuf. Of Mansart's designs only the exterior, and not...
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    Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cotte, with modifications) D'Orbay died in Paris. Notes "Orbay, François d'", pp. 539–540, in Curl 2006; "Orbay, François d'"...
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    to reassert the French classical style and was a major influence on François Mansart. Salomon was born in Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise, into a prominent Huguenot...
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  • architect Jean Mansart de Jouy (1705-1783), whilst he was also the grandson of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-great-great nephew of François Mansart and great-nephew...
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  • – Robert Mallet Manby Mortar – George William Manby Mansard roof – François Mansart Marconi rig – Guglielmo Marconi Mason jar – John Landis Mason Masonite...
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    new manner was François Mansart, credited with introducing the full Baroque to France. In his design for Château de Maisons (1642), Mansart succeeded in...
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    while the Italian artist was in residence at Louis' court in 1665) and François Mansart. One of the factors leading to this choice included the fear of high...
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    the work of the sculptor Jean Goujon and his workshop. The facade by François Mansart as it appeared in 1686 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné...
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    and perspective, and studied for several years under the architect François Mansart, a friend of Le Brun. In 1635, Le Nôtre was named the principal gardener...
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