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Hardouin-Mansart was the architectural genius behind the most spectacular constructions under Louis XIV. His first known work for the king was Château du Val in the forest of Saint-Germain in 1674.
May 9, 2024 · Jules Hardouin-Mansart (born c. April 16, 1646, Paris, France—died May 11, 1708, Marly-le-Roi) was a French architect and city planner to King Louis XIV who completed the design of Versailles. Mansart in 1668 adopted the surname of his granduncle by marriage, the distinguished architect François Mansart .
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Jules Hardouin-Mansart ( French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁdwɛ̃ mɑ̃saʁ]; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Grand Trianon of the Palace of Versailles.
Jul 3, 2018 · Into this heady assemblage strode the young architect Jules Hardouin, whose work is considered to be the pinnacle of French Baroque architecture. Born in Paris in 1646, Jules studied under his renowned great-uncle, François Mansart (also spelled Mansard), one of the originators of classical French architecture and inventor of the ubiquitous ...
Sep 1, 2011 · Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708) was the son of an obscure painter, Raphaël Hardouin. As a youth, he first trained with his great uncle, the famous François Mansart, whose prestigious family name he added to his own after the elder architect died in 1666.
- Jean-François Bédard
- 2011
French architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart is considered to be one of the most important European architects of the 17th Century. Like his great-uncle, architect Francois Mansart, Mansart was a proponent of the Baroque style of architecture, and created some of the most famous buildings of his time.
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May 23, 2018 · Hardouin-Mansart, Jules (1646–1708) French architect to Louis XIV. His bold Baroque style made him an ideal person to carry out the king's vast building works.
