Jean Goujon

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Jean Goujon was a prominent 16th-century French Renaissance sculptor and architect renowned for his elegant, elongated figures and decorative work on major Parisian monuments such as the Louvre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Renaissance artist
architect
human
sculptor
activeInCentury 16th century
artisticStyle Mannerist elongation of figures
Renaissance classicism
associatedWith French royal commissions
Louvre Palace
surface form: Louvre Palace in Paris
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
fieldOfWork architecture
sculpture
genre architectural sculpture
relief sculpture
hasGender male
influencedBy Italian Renaissance art
classical antiquity
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement French Renaissance
Mannerism
nationality French
notableFor decorative architectural sculpture
decorative work on major Parisian monuments
elegant elongated figures
graceful female nudes
refined linear modeling of drapery
relief sculpture
sculptural decoration of fountains
notableWork Caryatids of the Erechtheion
surface form: Caryatids of the Louvre

Fountain of the Innocents
Reliefs for the Louvre’s Cour Carrée
Sculptural decoration for the Château d’Écouen
Sculptural decoration of the Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois
occupation architect
sculptor
placeOfActivity Kingdom of France
styleCharacteristic elegant rhythmic drapery
ornate decorative reliefs
slender proportions of figures
workLocation Louvre Palace
Paris

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