Claude Perrault

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Claude Perrault was a 17th-century French physician, scientist, and architect best known for designing the classical east façade of the Louvre in Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century architect
French architect
architect
human
physician
scientist
countryOfCitizenship France
designed Colonnade of the Louvre
surface form: Louvre Colonnade

Paris Observatory
surface form: Observatoire de Paris (architectural contributions)

east façade of the Louvre
educatedAt University of Paris NERFINISHED
employer Académie des Sciences
surface form: Académie royale des sciences
era 17th century
familyName Perrault
fieldOfWork anatomy
architecture
medicine
natural history
physics
genre classical architecture
givenName Claude
hasGender male
knownFor designing the classical east façade of the Louvre in Paris
Colonnade of the Louvre
surface form: the Louvre Colonnade

writings on architectural theory
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie des Sciences
surface form: Académie royale des sciences
movement French Baroque art
surface form: French classicism
nationality French
nativeLanguage French
notableIdea theory of architectural proportion based on rational measures
notableWork Colonnade of the Louvre
Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des Anciens
Louvre Palace
surface form: east façade of the Louvre

translation of Vitruvius
occupation architect
physician
scientist
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Paris
sibling Perrault
surface form: Charles Perrault
style classical architecture
workedOn anatomical dissections of animals
experiments in physics

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Louvre Museum notableArchitect Claude Perrault