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Jacques Hittorff; portrait by Ingres. Jacques Ignace Hittorff or, in German, Jakob Ignaz Hittorff ( German: [ˈjaːkop ˈɪɡnaːts ˈhɪtɔʁf], French: [ʒak iɲas itɔʁf]) ( Cologne, 20 August 1792 – 25 March 1867) was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with ...
modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata Jacques Ignace Hittorff est un architecte français d'origine allemande, né Jakob Ignaz Hittorff le 20 août 1792 à Cologne (Saint-Empire) et mort le 25 mars 1867 à Paris 9 e . Biographie [modifier | modifier le code] Panneau Histoire de Paris « Le Cirque d'Hiver ». Jacques Hittorff naît le 20 août 1792 à Cologne , comme citoyen allemand ...
Jacques-Ignace Hittorff was typical of those architects who combined the practice of modern classicism with archaeological investigation into Greek and Roman architecture. His Gare du Nord, Paris (1861–65), showed brilliantly how a language ultimately inspired by the triumphal arches of ancient Rome could lend an… Read More
May 18, 2018 · Hittorff, Jakob Ignaz, known as Jacques-Ignace (1792–1867). German-born architect and scholar. He settled in Paris (1811), and studied under Percier from whom he acquired his ‘liberal’ Classicism and eclectic philosophy. He worked with Bélanger on the creation of the iron-and-glass dome of the Halle au Blé, Paris (1808–13), during ...
Fontaines de la Concorde. The Fontaines de la Concorde are two monumental fountains located in the Place de la Concorde in the center of Paris. They were designed by Jacques Ignace Hittorff, and completed in 1840 during the reign of King Louis-Philippe. The south fountain commemorates the maritime commerce and industry of France, and the north ...
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Archaeologist, architect and architectural historian; first to publish the fact that classical Greek architecture was brightly colored. Hittorff studied at the Gymnasium in Cologne before being apprenticed to a stonecutter at age fifteen. He traveled to Paris in 1810 with his friend (and later Egyptologist) Franz-Christian Gau (1790-1853) where ...
