Louis Le Vau
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Louis Le Vau was a prominent 17th-century French architect best known as one of the principal designers of the Palace of Versailles and a leading figure of French Baroque architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis Le Vau canonical | 19 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque architect
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French architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
17th-century France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form:
Île-de-France
|
| birthName | Louis Le Vau self-link ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1612 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1670 ⓘ |
| employer |
French royal court
ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| genre |
château architecture
ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ urban hôtel particulier ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Baroque architects
ⓘ
Jules Hardouin-Mansart ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian Baroque architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaboration with landscape architect André Le Nôtre
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collaboration with painter Charles Le Brun ⓘ integration of architecture and landscape design at Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
French Baroque architecture ⓘ
surface form:
French Baroque
|
| name | Louis Le Vau self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
major contributor to the development of French Baroque classicism
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principal designer of early expansions of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
ⓘ
Collège des Quatre-Nations ⓘ Hôtel Lambert ⓘ Hôtel Lauzun ⓘ Palais de l’Institut de France ⓘ
surface form:
Institut de France building
Louvre Palace ⓘ Château de Versailles ⓘ
surface form:
Palace of Versailles
Tuileries Palace ⓘ
surface form:
Tuileries Palace extensions
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ
surface form:
Vaux-le-Vicomte
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
surface form:
Versailles garden façade
|
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
royal architect ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | First architect to the king ⓘ |
| studentOf | Louis Le Vau’s father (builder in Paris) ⓘ |
| style |
Baroque classicism
ⓘ
monumental classicism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Louis Le Vau Description of subject: Louis Le Vau was a prominent 17th-century French architect best known as one of the principal designers of the Palace of Versailles and a leading figure of French Baroque architecture.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Église Saint-Roch de Paris