LESCOT, PIERRE

pyĕr lĕskōˈ, c.1510–1578, French Renaissance architect. Appointed by Francis I to design a new royal palace in Paris, he built the earliest portions of what was later to become the vast palace of the Louvre. In this, as in other known works, the fine sculptural decorations were executed by Jean Goujon. To Lescot is attributed the original design of the Hôtel Carnavalet in Paris, later altered by François Mansart. His work is marked by the correct use of classical detail. Instead of following the monumental style of the Italians, Lescot created a more decorative interpretation of antiquity, distinguishing himself as one of the founders of the French tradition of classicism.

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Ronsard's Hymnes: A Literary and Iconographical Study
Book by Philip Ford; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1996
Subjects: Art And Literature, Ronsard, Pierre De--1524-1585--Hymnes
...192, 243, 248, 273 Laus Pisonis, 243 Leah, 153 Leda, 224-27, 292-93 Leonardo da Vinci, 3, 225-26 Lescot, Pierre, 3 Leucippides, 228-31 1 Libra, 262 Linus, 22, 28 Lippi, Filippino, 225 Lorraine, Charles de Guise, cardinal...
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The Course of French History
Book by Pierre Goubert, Maarten Ultee; Routledge, 1991
...and sculptors who were purely French, though their inspiration was often Italian. Their names and monuments still survive: Lescot at the Louvre; Delorme at the Tuileries and Anet; Bullant at Ecouen. All of them had made Italian journeys, which became...
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Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Book by Henry Adams; Houghton Mifflin, 1913
Subjects: Cathedrale De Chartres, Le Mont-Saint-Michel (France), Middle Ages
Lescine, Nicolas, 172 . Lescot, Pierre, 42 , 67 . Lessay church in Normandy, 10 , 51 . Lincoln...79 , 106 , 261 , 276 , 280 . Louvre, hall of Pierre Lescot, 42 . Macbeth, Lady, 209 . Magdalen. ( See Saint...
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The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Book by David Rundle; Westview Press, 1999
Subjects: Renaissance--Encyclopedias
...secular songs for several voices, and other pieces. Lescot, Pierre 1515-1578 French architect. His most famous work...ancient Rome. Born into a wealthy family of lawyers, Lescot first studied painting. He probably never visited Italy...
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Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art: A Comprehensive Survey of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Crafts, Their Methods, Styles and Technical Terms, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Book by Frederick A. Praeger; F.A. Praeger, 1958
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Art--History
...the Chateau of Cloux, near Amboise in his 67th year. LESCOT, PIERRE c. 1510-1578 , was a Renaissance architect who...as 212. The Louvre in Paris, oldest wing. Built by LESCOT, architectural sculpture by GOUJON Giorgione and Titian...
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Les Rapports Ambigus Entre Politiques et Citoyens : Le Cas Du Reamenagement Du Quartier Des Halles a Paris
Journal article by Pierre Dimeglio, Jodelle Zetlaoui-Leger; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 25, 2007
Subjects: City planning--Methods, Decision making--Methods, Decision-making--Methods, Paris, France--Social aspects, Urban planning--Methods
...magasins. Le long des rues Rambuteau et Pierre Lescot, larchitecte Jean Willerval construisait...ladjoint socialiste a lurbanisme Jean-Pierre Caffet et le maire du premier arrondissement...Halles, ladjoint a lUrbanisme Jean-Pierre Caffet promettait des prochaines...
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Red and Black in Haiti
Journal article by François Pierre-Louis; Journal of Haitian Studies, Vol. 16, 2010
...and Black in Haiti by Francois Pierre-Louis Red and Black in Haiti...give us the government of Elie Lescot, the 1946 revolution, the...at one time, President Elie Lescot conspired with Rafael Trujillo...certain individuals to overthrow Lescot after he felt that he had betrayed...
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Mai '68 and the Traditionalization of French Shadow Theater
Journal article by George H. Schoemaker; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 107, 1994
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Palais-Royal . Kroeber, A.L. 1948 . Anthropology . New York: Harcourt, Brace. Lescot, Jean-Pierre. 1982 . "Les Confidences de Jean-Pierre Lescot". UNIMA-France: Marionnettes 77 (September):32. Paerl, Hetty, and Jack Botermans...
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Fascinating Les Halles
Journal article by Rosemary Wakeman; French Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 25, 2007
Subjects: Architecture, Modern, Modern architecture, Paris, France--History, Urbanization--Social aspects
...adjacent rue Rambuteau and rue Pierre Lescot. (38) The slick, light materials...deputy mayor for urbanism, Jean-Pierre Caffet, and the mayor of the first...Royal. Once it reached the rue Pierre Lescot, it would be covered with a vast...
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Notices
Journal article; Afterimage, Vol. 32, 2004
Subjects: Photography--Calendars, Photography--Exhibitions
...31 / www.cnp-photographie.com Paris: Fnac Forum des Halles, niveau--1 du Forum des Halles, 1-7, rue Pierre-Lescot. Reinterpretations, Images de Scene, until Sept. 4, +33 01 55 21 54 57 / www.fnac.com. Paris: Fnac Italie...
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Lescot, Pierre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LESCOT, PIERRE pyer lesko , c.1510 1578, French Renaissance...decorations were executed by Jean Goujon . To Lescot is attributed the original design of the...the monumental style of the Italians, Lescot created a more decorative interpretation...
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Goujon, Jean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Maclou, Rouen. He was associated with the architect Pierre Lescot, with whom he first worked on the rood screen of Saint...are also in the Louvre. Again in collaboration with Lescot, he worked on the Louvre itself, designing ornaments...
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Renaissance Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...beginning (1546) of the construction of the Louvre by Pierre Lescot usually serves as the opening date of the classical period...of classicism took form. The leading architects were Lescot, Philibert Delorme , and the Androuet du Cerceau family...
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French Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Primaticcio (see Fontainebleau, school of ). At the same time native architects came into favor; they included Pierre Lescot, who built parts of the Louvre (begun 1546), and Philibert Delorme, who designed the Chateau of Anet (1547 55...
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Louvre
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. In 1546 Pierre Lescot was commissioned by Francis I to erect a new building on the site of the Louvre. During his reign, several paintings...
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