Italian Sculpture : 17th centuryItalian Sculpture17th centuryThe phenomenal range and popularity of the statuettes of Giambologna provided his followers with a ready source of income and an incentive to continu ...more

Italian Sculpture : 16th century.Italian Sculpture16th century.(a) Florence and Rome.Less attention was paid to the production of statuettes during the High Renaissance, because of Michel ...more

Italian Sculpture : 15th centuryItalian Sculpture15th century.(a) Central Italy.During the Renaissance the sculptor's repertory was increased by the revival of the bronze statuette. Ancie ...more

Styles of Sculpture from Antiquity to Present DayStyles of Sculpture from Antiquity to Present Day Mesopotamian    Sumerian c. 3500-2500 BC ...more

Prix de RomePrix de RomeTerm applied to the premier student prize awarded by the successive state-sponsored academies in Paris. The successful painter, sculptor or architect was able to study at the Académie d ...more

The Norwich School of PaintersThe Norwich School of Painters A group of landscape painters established in Norwich, East Anglia, during the early part of the 19th Century. The Norwich Society was founded at a meeting of ...more

MANNERISMMannerism [It. maniera]. Name given to the stylistic phase in the art of Europe between the High Renaissance and the Baroque, covering the period from c. 1510-20 to 1600. It is also sometimes referred to as late Renaissance, and ...more

HIGH RENAISSANCEAll the artistic trends of the 15th century culminated around 1500 in the short-lived High Renaissance, which Heinrich Wölfflin, in Klassische Künst (introduction, 1898), described as the Classic Art of the moder ...more

GILT BRONZE : 1600-1800Introduction.Baroque and Rococo.Neo-classicism. Introduction. The use of gilt-bronze in furnishings during the 17th and 18th centuries was one expression of the resurgence of a more refined lifesty ...more

GILDING AFTER 1800In the 19th century wrought-iron was primarily utilized for the production of domestic objects, particularly those for heating and cooking, and thus its use declined with the progressive rejection of open-hearth fires. At the ...more

ART LIFE IN FRANCE : 1870-1914Under the Third Republic, Paris continued to prosper as a center of artistic production, through both private and public enterprise. Throughout this period the artistic population grew, fed by the provinces and fore ...more

ART LIFE IN FRANCE : 1815 - 1869Marked by a sequence of diverse political regimes (monarchy, republic and Empire), two revolutions and a coup d'état, Paris between 1815 and 1870 underwent a rapid succession of different artistic styles an ...more

ART LIFE IN FRANCE : 1789 - 1814The French Revolution profoundly transformed the conditions in which art was both produced and received in Paris. The entire institutional framework was shaken up. A new understanding of the function of art in society emer ...more

ART LIFE IN FRANCE : 1789 - 1814The French Revolution profoundly transformed the conditions in which art was both produced and received in Paris. The entire institutional framework was shaken up. A new understanding of the function of art in society emer ...more

FRENCH SCULPTURE : 1814-1900FRENCH SCULPTURE : 1814 - 1900 Styles Artists and Influences1814-1900(1) Influence of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.(2) Public statuary and the influence of government.(3) Romanticis ...more

FRENCH SCULPTUREFrench Sculpture. The tradition of stone sculpture appears to be very ancient in France, at least in the south, for some reliefs decorated with schematized figures, from Entremont (Aix, Mus. Granet) and Ensérune ...more

Salmson, Jean Jules  Artist name Salmson, Jean Jules Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor; medallist; illustrator Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1823.07.18 Place of birth: ...more

Pradier, James [Jean-Jacques]Pradier, James [Jean-Jacques](b Geneva, 23 May 1790; d Bougival, 4 June 1852). Swiss sculptor, painter and composer. Prompted by his early displays of artistic talent, Pradier ...more

Emile Louis PicaultArtist name Picault, Emile Louis Sex: m Artist occupation: SculptorGeographical data: France State: FranceDate of Birth: 1833 First cited: 1863Date of Death 1913 Place(s) cited: Pari ...more

Moreau, MathurinArtist name Moreau, Mathurin Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1822.11.18 Place of birth: Dijon Date of death: 1912.02.14 Pla ...more

Moreau, Hippolyte FrancoisArtist name Moreau, Hippolyte Francois Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France State: France Place of birth: DijonDate of birth 1832 Place of death: ...more

Mercié, Marius Jean AntoninMarius Jean Antonin Mercié Marius Jean Antonin Mercié was born in Toulouse on October 30th 1845. He studied under Jouffroy and Falguière at the École des Beaux-Arts and ...more

Mène, Pierre-JulesMène, Pierre-Jules(b Paris, 25 March 1810; d Paris, 21 May 1879). French sculptor. Having learnt to cast and chase bronze from his father, who was a metal-turner, he began ...more

Eugène Louis LequesneArtist name: Lequesne, Eugène Louis Other name: Le Quesne, Eugène Louis Wr.-attrib. name: Lequesne, Eugène Francois Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: ...more

Le Duc, Arthur JacquesArtist name Le Duc, Arthur Jacques Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Other occupation: Advocate Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1848.03.27 P ...more

Houdon, Jean AntoineArtist name Houdon, Jean Antoine Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1741.03.20 Place of birth: Versailles Date of death: 1828.07 ...more

Emmanuel HannauxArtist name Hannaux, Emmanuel Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1855.01.31 Place of birth: Metz (Moselle)Date of deat ...more

Emmanuel FrémietArtist name: Frémiet, Emmanuel Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1824.12.06 Place of birth: Paris Date o ...more

Falconet, Etienne-MauriceFalconet, Etienne-Maurice(b Paris, 1 Dec 1716; d Paris, 24 Jan 1791). French sculptor, designer and writer. He was one of the foremost French sculptors of the mid-18th century and is best ...more

Dumaige, Etienne Henry  Artist name Dumaige, Etienne Henry Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1830.03.30 Place of birth: Paris Date of death: 1888. ...more

Drouot, EdouardEdouard DrouotFrenchBorn in Sommevoire (Haute - Marne) 1859. Died Paris 1945. He studied in Paris under Emile Thomas and Matherin Moreau and worked as a genre painter and sculptor. He won a third class m ...more

Coutan, Jules-FelixCoutan, Jules-Felix   (Geboren: Paris, 22 Sept 1848; Gestorben: Paris, 23 Feb 1939). French sculptor and designer. He was a pupil of Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and in 1872 wo ...more

Coustou, FrancoisFrench family of sculptors. Francois Coustou (d 1690), a wood-carver and brother-in-law of the sculptor Antoine Coyzevox, had two sons who became sculptors, (1) Nicolas Coustou and (2) Guillaume Coustou (i), and a daughter, El ...more

Collas, Louis-AntoineArtist name Collas, Louis-Antoine Proper name: Collas, Louis-Augustin Cited Artist: Collas, Louis Augustin (1806) Sex: m Artist occupation: painter; portrait painter; miniature painter Geograp ...more

ClodionArtist name Clodion ThB name: Clodion Proper name: Michel, Claude Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor Geographical data: France; Italy State: France; Italy Date of birth: 1738.12.20 Place of birth: ...more

Chapu, Henri-Michel-AntoineArtist name Chapu, Henri-Michel-Antoine ThB name: Chapu, Henri Sex: m Artist occupation: sculptor; medalist Geographical data: France; Italy; Denmark State: France; Italy; Denmark Date of ...more

Caffiéri, JacquesJacques Caffiéri(b Paris, 25 Aug 1678; d Paris, 23 Nov 1755). Bronze-caster, sculptor and designer, son of (1) Philippe Caffiéri (i). He was the nephew of Charles Le Brun a ...more

Isidore Jules BonheurSex: m Artist occupation: sculptor; painter Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1827.05.15 Place of birth: Bordeaux Date of death: 1901 Place(s) cited: Paris Boo ...more

Besarel, ValentinoProper name: Panciera, Valentino Cited Artist: Besarel, Catarina; Besarel, Giovanni Battista; Besarel, Francesco; Sex: Panciera, Catarina; Panciera, Giovanni Battista Sex: mArtist occupation: sculptor; carver ...more

Besarel, ValentinoProper name: Panciera, Valentino Cited Artist: Besarel, Catarina; Besarel, Giovanni Battista; Besarel, Francesco; Sex: Panciera, Catarina; Panciera, Giovanni Battista Sex: mArtist occupation: sculptor; carver ...more

Antoine-Louis BaryeArtist name Barye, Antoine-Louis Cited Artist: Bicunais, Pierre Sex: M Artist occupation: Sculptor; painter; founder Geographical data: France State: France Date of birth: 1795.09.24 Place of birt ...more

Other Occupation:     Bronze manufacturer    Furniture manufacturerGeographical data:     France ...more