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    Pierre Lescot (c. 1515 – 10 September 1578) was a French architect active during the French Renaissance. His most notable works include the Fontaine des...
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    of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It was designed by architect Pierre Lescot and built between 1546 and 1551. Its architecture is influenced by Italian...
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    architects of the style included the royal architects Philibert Delorme, Pierre Lescot and Jean Bullant, as well as the Italian architect and architectural...
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  • Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot (1784–1845), French painter Andrée Lescot (active 1950–60s), Haitian singer, daughter of Élie Lescot Élie Lescot (1883–1974), the...
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    building. The earliest known example of a mansard roof is credited to Pierre Lescot on part of the Louvre built around 1550. This roof design was popularised...
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    Roi and the Pavillon Sully, known as the Lescot Wing (Aile Lescot) as it was designed by architect Pierre Lescot, is the oldest standing part of the entire...
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    Holanda Hans Holbein the Younger Inigo Jones Conrad Faber von Kreuznach Pierre Lescot Fra Filippo Lippi Lorenzo Lotto Pedro Machuca Andrea Mantegna Masaccio...
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    of the Nymphs, it was constructed between 1547 and 1550 by architect Pierre Lescot and sculptor Jean Goujon in the new style of the French Renaissance...
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    Notre-Dame de Paris (1160–1230) Renaissance wing of the Louvre (1546), by Pierre Lescot Dome of Les Invalides (1677–1706) by Jules Hardouin-Mansart The École...
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    state-operated high school in the arrondissement. Lycée Professionnel Commercial Pierre Lescot is the sole state-operated sixth-form college in the first arrondissement...
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    with contemporary tastes, and Francis I enjoined Pierre Lescot to once again update the structure. Lescot tore down the massive central keep, or tower, to...
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    to build an Italian style palace. In 1546, he charged the architect Pierre Lescot to build a modern palace in the spirit of the Renaissance architecture...
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    old Louvre castle in Paris was also rebuilt under the direction of Pierre Lescot and would become the core of a brand new Renaissance château. To the...
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    Antoine Louis Léocardie Élie Lescot (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan lwi leɔkaʁdi eli lɛsko]; December 9, 1883 – October 20, 1974) was the President of Haiti...
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    and Pierre Lescot, were inspired by the new ideas. The southwest interior facade of the Cour Carree of the Louvre in Paris was designed by Lescot and...
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    on the west facade of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre Palace, with figures of war and peace, sculpted by Jean Goujon and designed by Pierre Lescot, 1548...
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    ranges, with a broken façade reminiscent of the planning in work of Pierre Lescot and Philibert Delorme in the preceding century. The single pile construction...
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  • Roger Lescot (1914–1975) was a French orientalist and diplomat known for his research of the Kurdish language. Roger Lescot obtained a degree in Arabic...
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    Salon d'Automne exhibition of 1905. Maurice de Vlaminck was born on Rue Pierre Lescot in Paris. His father Edmond Julien was Flemish and taught violin and...
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  • sculptor François Clouet (c. 1515–1572) (son of Jean Clouet), painter Pierre Lescot (c. 1515–1578), sculptor, architect Antoine Caron (c. 1521–1599), painter...
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    place of one wing built by King Philip II. The new wing was designed by Pierre Lescot, and it became a model for other Renaissance façades in France. Francis...
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    facade of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre Palace, Paris, designed by Pierre Lescot, 16th century 16th and 17th century Renaissance cartouches from L'Ornement...
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    before arriving in Paris, where he collaborated with the architect Pierre Lescot at the church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois about 1544, working on the...
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    Pierre Lescot, 1548 Renaissance medallion with marble plaques on the north facade of the Cour Carrée of the Louvre Palace, designed by Pierre Lescot,...
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    French classicism, the square courtyard of the Louvre Palace designed by Pierre Lescot. Nonetheless, new Gothic buildings, particularly churches, continued...
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    serving the main court of the castle. In 1546, the King asked architect Pierre Lescot and sculptor Jean Goujon to further renovate the castle. After Francis...
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    New York Renaissance Composite capitals of the Lescot Wing of the Louvre Palace, Paris, by Pierre Lescot, 1546-1551 Renaissance Composite columns of the...
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    St. Nicolas" There is a restaurant named Le Père Fouettard at 9 Rue Pierre Lescot, in Paris which features "Classic Parisian Fare". Robert Schumann composed...
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    Catherine de' Medici's coronation at Saint-Denis, a loggia designed by Pierre Lescot with sculptures by Jean Goujon had been in preparation for two years;...
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  • Andrée Lescot was a singer, showgirl, soprano and daughter of Haitian president Élie Lescot. Lescot was educated in Canada, where she studied for eight...
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