Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Château d'Anet North Wing Frontispiece [relocated]
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Preferred Title:
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Château d'Anet North Wing Frontispiece [relocated]
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Image View:
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Frontispiece, frontal view of the central section
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Creator:
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Philibert de L'Orme (French architect, ca. 1510-1570)
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Location:
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site: École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
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Location Note:
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14 Rue Bonaparte
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Date:
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ca. 1547-1553 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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frontispiece (façade component)
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Classification:
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architectural elements
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Material:
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stone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Relation Work:
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formerly part of Château d'Anet
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; column: paired columns
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Description:
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French 16th-century château approximately 75 km west of Paris, in the département of Eure-et-Loire. In 1546 Diane de Poitiers began to build a modest house in the village of Anet; it underwent considerable and magnificent enlargement (after 1547, until 1553) when her lover Henry II became King of France and placed Philibert de L'Orme and virtually unlimited resources at her disposal. The château is built on a moated site around three courtyards with gardens to the north. Largely demolished (1798-1811) after the French Revolution, all that remains of this complex are the entrance gate and screen wall, a section of the west wing, the frontispiece of the north wing (now Paris, École des Beaux-Arts) and parts of the cryptoporticus, the chapel in the east wing and the Basse Cour gateway. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-DL-A-A2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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