Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Plaster Model of Basilique Notre-Dame, Paray-le-Monial

Preferred Title: 
Plaster Model of Basilique Notre-Dame, Paray-le-Monial
Alternate Title: 
Scale Model of Basilica of Sacré-Coeur, Paray-le-Monial
Image View: 
Partial model of church in galerie Davioud; exterior, east apse-end (ambulatory with three radiating chapels) and north transept
Creator: 
George Latapie (French cast and model maker, active ca. 1945-1960)
Location: 
repository: Palais de Chaillot (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Location Note: 
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Musée national des Monuments Français), galerie Davioud; 1, Place du Trocadéro
GPS: 
+48.862760+2.288279
Date: 
1947-1956 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Romanesque; Twentieth century
Work Type 1: 
model (representation)
Classification: 
architectural and scale models
Material: 
plaster on armature
Technique: 
carving (processes); casting (process)
Description: 
The Galerie des Moulages (cast collection) not only contains 19th plaster casts, but also scale models of buildings done by artisans on staff at the museum. Paray-le-Monial is located in Saône-et-Loire (department), Burgundy and known for its minor Romanesque basilica (begun ca. 1120). The church was originally dedicated to the Virgin and St John the Baptist and is now dedicated to the Sacré-Coeur. The construction of the church has traditionally been linked to St. Hugh, Abbot of Cluny (1049-1109). The church is 45 m long internally, and the height of nave and choir is 22 m. It's plan is a reduced version of the east end of the great abbey church at Cluny, rebuilt from 1088 to ca. 1130 and known as Cluny III. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Seven
Identifier: 
1A2-F-PLM-AC-A1
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.