Grand Prix de Rome in architecture

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The Grand Prix de Rome in architecture was a prestigious French scholarship and competition that awarded promising young architects the opportunity to study in Rome at the Villa Medici.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf French scholarship
architectural competition
architecture prize
administeredBy Académie des Beaux-Arts
associatedWith French Academy in Rome
École des Beaux-Arts
awardedBy Académie des Beaux-Arts
Institut de France
competitionType annual competition
country France
culturalSignificance major instrument of French architectural education
eligibility students of École des Beaux-Arts
young French architects
endowment state-funded scholarship
evaluationCriteria composition and drawing skills
design quality
mastery of classical orders
field architecture
foundedBy French monarchy
genre academic architecture
hasPart final design project
preliminary qualifying rounds
hostInstitution French Academy in Rome
inception 18th century
influenced Beaux-Arts architecture
French public architecture
influencedBy classical Roman architecture
language French
locationOfScholarship Villa Medici
notableAlumni Charles Garnier
Hector Lefuel NERFINISHED
Henri Labrouste
Léon Vaudoyer
Tony Garnier
organisedIn Paris
partOf Prix de Rome
purpose allow winners to study in Rome
support training of young architects
residence Villa Medici
residenceDuration several years
reward pension for study in Rome
scholarship
selectionMethod design competition
sponsor French state
status historical prize
studyLocation Rome
trainingFocus classical composition
monumental public buildings

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charles Louis Ferdinand Dutert ("Grand Prix de Rome for architecture")
awardReceived
Prix de Rome
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