LE VAU, LOUIS

lwē lə vō, 1612–70, French architect, involved in most of the important building projects for Louis XIV. He settled on the Île Saint-Louis, where he built his own house and the Hôtels Lambert and Lauzun. In 1655, Le Vau succeeded Jacques Lemercier as architect for the Louvre, on which he collaborated with Claude Perrault. He designed the palace of Versailles, where he worked with Lebrun, creating a nucleus later completed by J. H. Mansart. Among his other designs are the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte; the Collège des Quatre Nations, Paris, now the Institut de France; and the Church of St. Sulpice, Paris, the facade of which was later built by Servandoni.

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books on: Le Vau Louis  - 61 results

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Louis XIV
Book by John B. Wolf; W. W. Norton, 1968
Subjects: Louis--Xiv--King Of France--1638-1715
...514 , 515 , 527 , 528 Le Peletier, Louis Michel, 456 Lerida, Spain, 29 ; siege of, 547 Le Tellier, Michel, 55 , 80 , 81...Lettres de cachet, 381 -82, 424 Le Vau, Louis, 359 Liege, France, 461 ; siege...
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Time and Ways of Knowing under Louis XIV: Moliere, Sevigne, Lafayette
Book by Roland Racevskis; Bucknell University Press, 2003
Subjects: Clocks And Watches--France--History--17th Century, France--History--Louis Xiv, 1643-1715, France--Social Life And Customs--17th Century, French Literature--17th Century--History And Criticism, La Fayette--Madame De--(Marie-Madeleine Pioche De La Vergne)--1634-1693--Princesse De Cleves, Moliere--1622-1673--Tartuffe, Sevigne, Marie De Rabutin-Chantal--Marquise De--1626-1696--Correspondence, Time In Literature, Time Measurements--History--17th Century
...de, 12, 55, 90, 137 latitude, 30 Laugaa, Maurice, 150 Le Brun, Charles, 194 n. 2 Le Goff, Jacques, 80 Le N6tre, Andr6, 194 n. 2 Le Vau, Louis, 58, 194 n. 2 Levron, Jacques, 141 Led l?a?ao`td oangerewed, 183 literature...
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Louise de la Valliere
Book by Alexandre Dumas, David Coward; Oxford University, 1998
Subjects: Fiction, France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715--Fiction, La Valliere, Francoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc--duchesse de--1644-1710--Fiction
...1668. Vaux: the chateau at Vaux-le-Vicomte, near Melun, was built by Le Vau for Fouquet. The interiors were designed by Le Brun and Mignard and the gardens were...the service of Philippe dOrleans. Louis had first set eyes on Louise at Blois...
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Art in France
Book by Louis Hourticq; Charles Scribners Sons, 1911
Subjects: Art--France--History
...to judge the art of Louis XIV, the work of Le Vau, Mansart and Le Brun. Approaching from...side of a little body, Louis XIIIs building, a modest...coloured facades; Louis XIV had reserved this...richness. On the walls, Le Bruns pupils recorded...
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Discourses on Architecture - Vol. 1
Book by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, Benjamin Bucknall; Grove Press, 1959
Subjects: Architecture
...this majestic style of architecture should have been greatly prized by King Louis XIV., whose notions respecting the arts did not go beyond the idea of external...Vaux, for example, built for the superintendent Fouquet, by the architect Le Vau.
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journal articles on: Le Vau Louis  - 6 results

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Le Sujet En Souffrance Dans L'oeuvre De Louis-Rene Des Forets: Ainsi Nous Ne Vivons Jamais, Mais Nous Esperons De Vivre -- Pascal, Pensees
Journal article by Thierry Durand; French Forum, Vol. 26, 2001
Subjects: Authors, French--Criticism, interpretation, etc., French literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Suffering--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...p. 136. (5.) "Louis-Rene des Forets et le theme du miroir", Tel...pp.90-102. (7.) Le Vau de silence (Montpellier...p.55. (11.) Le Pas au-dela (Gallimard...sommaire des euvres de Louis-Rene des Forets (pour...
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Elaboration et Dynamique Du Texte Flaubertien: Le Surgissement Du Social(1)
Journal article by P.M. Wetherill; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 2000
Subjects: Composition (Language arts)--Methods, Creative writing--Political aspects, Flaubert, Gustave--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, French literature--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Analysis, Politics and literature--Analysis, Politics--Analysis, Social movements
...sociale de Flaubert. A part Louis Lambert, lecole nest...que suscite par exemple le spectacle dune voiture...du Realisme. Ainsi, le theme de lerrance--flanerie a vau-leau de Frederic, ou...dEmma--sont finalement le contraire dune exploration...
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The Musaeum of Alexandria and the Formation of the Museum in Eighteenth-century France
Journal article by Paula Young Lee; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 79, 1997
Subjects: France, History, Museums
...Francois Pomey, Le grand dictionaire...architect Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799...Claude Perrault, Louis Le Vau (1612?-1670), and Charles Le Brun (1619-1690...at the request of Louis XIV when both men...
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The Monument, Or, Christopher Wren's Roman Accent
Journal article by John E. Moore; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Art criticism, Fires, London England, Memorials & monuments, Wren, Christopher S
...fewer than four secret treaties with Louis XIV in the years between 1670 and...collective work of Claude Perrault, Louis Le Vau, and Charles Lebrun. The east dado...Rebuilt like LONDON Town."125 Louis XIV was a nominal ally of Holland...
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The Greatest Royal Minister? Jean-Baptiste Colbert: Placing Colbert in the Circumstances of His Times, Geoffrey Treasure Shows That He Was Much More Than an Efficient Bureaucrat
Journal article by Geoffrey Treasure; History Review, 2002
Subjects: Colbert, Jean-Baptiste--Evaluation, Monarchy--Social aspects, Politics--17th century, Public officers--Evaluation
...as a go-between between Le Tellier and Mazarin. Its...Fouquets palatial Vaux-le-Vicomte to convince him...or that his architect, Le Vau, would be better employed...his royal vocation. It was Louis XIVs decision to govern himself...
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French Grands Motets and Their Use at the Chapelle Royale from Louis Xiv to Louis Xvi
Magazine article by Jean-Paul C. Montagnier; Musical Times, Vol. 146, Summer 2005
Subjects: Composition, La Chapelle Royale, Musical criticism, Rites & ceremonies, Royalty
...consecrated to Saint Louis, that is to say Louis IX of France, the French monarchys crusader...which was located in front of the kitchens in Louis XIIIs north wing, was built by Louis Le Vau in 1663. This is probably where some motets...
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Freedom and Property
Magazine article by Paul Johnson; The American Spectator, Vol. 41, March 2008
Subjects: Councils, English language, Industrial Revolution, Law, Political parties, Politics, Poverty, Property rights, Society
...magnificent chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, using the team of the landscape gardener Andre le Notre, the painter Charles le Brun, and the architect Louis le Vau. He made the mistake of entertaining the king there and displaying its splendors. Louis...


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Masterful Builders
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, June 3, 2000
Subjects: Bernini, Giovanni Lorenzo
...age of great rulers - among them Louis XIV and Catherine the Great - and...palace at Versailles, built for Louis XIV, was the major inspiration for...facade much in the way architect Louis Le Vau did at Versailles. The last model...
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'Welsh Versailles' Hopes to Be in Luxury End of the Hotel Market
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 13, 2006
Subjects: Hotels and motels
...Empty, derelict. The Palace of Versailles Architect: Louis Le Vau, who also collaborated with Claude Perrault on the Louvre. Built: Built in 1624. King Louis XIV moved to the chateau 58 years later. Uses: Royal...


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encyclopedia articles on: Le Vau Louis  - 6 results

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Le Vau, Louis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LE VAU, LOUIS lwe l vo, 1612 70, French...important building projects for Louis XIV. He settled on the Ile Saint-Louis, where he built his own house...Lambert and Lauzun. In 1655, Le Vau succeeded Jacques Lemercier...
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Le Brun, Charles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hotel Lambert and worked at Vaux-le-Vicomte with the architect Le Vau. His first royal commission...Alexander, established his favor with Louis XIV. With the support of Colbert...painter to the king in 1662. Le Brun controlled artistic production...
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French Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...French architecture occurred when Louis XIV rejected Giovanni Berninis...facade of the Louvre in favor of Louis Le Vau and Claude Perraults more classicizing...On a more colossal scale, Louis XIV commissioned Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, and...
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Versailles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The village was soon made famous by Louis XIV , who expanded his fathers work...of the town began in 1682, when Louis moved his court there. The huge...style at its height, was the work of Louis Le Vau , J. H. Mansart , and Charles Le...
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Baroque , in Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fountains, and palace at Versailles, designed by Louis Le Vau, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, and Andre Le Notre. Divisions of the Baroque Period For...to France, largely due to the patronage of Louis XIV. The late baroque style was especially...
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