Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Ecole du Sacré-Coeur

Preferred Title: 
Ecole du Sacré-Coeur
Image View: 
View of gable dormers
Creator: 
Hector Guimard (French architect, 1867-1942)
Location: 
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note: 
9 avenue de la Frillière
Date: 
1895 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Art Nouveau
Work Type 1: 
classroom
Work Type 2: 
school (building)
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
stone; brick; iron
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Subjects: 
architectural exteriors
Description: 
The influence of Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc is evident in his early works, particularly the Ecole du Sacré-Coeur (1895), in which the exposed cast-iron structure of V-shaped columns is an adaptation of a drawing taken from Viollet-le-Duc's Entretiens sur l'architecture (1863-1872). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Two
Identifier: 
1A1-GH-ES-B3
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.