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Description: French medieval portal depicted in a landscape

TitleFrench medieval portal depicted in a landscape

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1824

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithography

Location"Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l’ancienne France," vol. 2, Ancienne Normandie (Paris, 1824)

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsDoorwaysArchitecture, Gothic--FranceLandscape prints--19th century

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2. Trocadéro: Proust’s Museum

Mari Lending

Plaster Monuments: Architecture and the Power of Reproduction

~Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time was written and published as the tide was turning against the plaster monuments.The first volume of À la recherche du temps perdu was published in 1913. The publication of volume 2 was delayed by World War I, and the last...

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Mari Lending

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.70-105

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00311.3

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22555&redirecttoanchor=80416

Chapter subject tags:Architectural castsProust, Marcel, 1871-1922Art museums--France--ParisArt--Reproduction--Social aspectsPlaster castsViollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879Palais du Trocadéro (Paris, France)Architecture, Gothic--FrancePolychromy (Architecture)Authenticity (Philosophy) in the artsBenjamin, Walter, 1892-1940

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Portal, the abbey church Madeleine de Vézelay, Trocadéro

Posted by:John Carlson

May 25

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1910

Object typeArchitecture

LocationFrom Enlart and Roussel, Catalogue Général du Musée de sculpture comparée au Palais du Trocadéro (Paris, 1910)

Portal, the abbey church Madeleine de...

Portal, the abbey church Madeleine de Vézelay, Trocadéro

Rheims Cathedral, interior

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationRheims, France

N/A

Accession numberN/A

Rheims Cathedral, interior

Amiens Cathedral, West Front

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAmiens, France

N/A

Accession numberN/A

Amiens Cathedral, West Front

Nave, Sens Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationSens, France

Nave, Sens Cathedral

Grinning man, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Grinning man, Reims Cathedral

View from behind the New Mills, Norwich

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 31

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1815–1820

Object typePrint

Materialsaquatint

LocationNorwich Castle Museum, Norfolk, United Kingdom

View from behind the New Mills, Norwich

Description: Library (former refectory of Abbaye of Saint-Martin des Champs), Conservatoire des...

Library (former refectory of Abbaye of Saint-Martin des Champs), Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. Interior

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 06

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1300–1400

Object typeArchitecture

Library (former refectory of Abbaye of...

Library (former refectory of Abbaye of Saint-Martin des Champs), Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. Interior

West portal, Saint-Pierre, Moissac

Posted by:John Carlson

May 25

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1897

Object typeArchitecture

LocationMarcou, P. F. J., "Album du Musée de Sculpture Comparée," vol. 2 (Paris, 1897)

West portal, Saint-Pierre, Moissac

Pier, parish church

Posted by:Administrator

Oct 08

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1170

Object typeArchitecture

LocationVermenton, France

Pier, parish church

Amiens Cathedral, Ambulatory exterior

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAmiens, France

N/A

Accession numberN/A

Amiens Cathedral, Ambulatory exterior

Wise and Foolish Virgins, west façade, Strasbourg Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1270–1300

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPink sandstone

LocationStrasbourg, France

Wise and Foolish Virgins, west...

Wise and Foolish Virgins, west façade, Strasbourg Cathedral

A Fire on the Isle St. Louis

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMusée Carnavalet, Paris

https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/le-chevet-de-notre-dame-le-pont-de-la-tournelle-et-l-ile-saint-louis-durant#infos-principales

Accession numberP647

A Fire on the Isle St. Louis

Detail arcade, upper chapel, Sainte-Chapelle,

Posted by:Administrator

Oct 09

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationParis, France

Detail arcade, upper chapel,...

Detail arcade, upper chapel, Sainte-Chapelle,

Cathedral of Saint-Etienne. Choir

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 06

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1300–1400

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAuxerre, France

Cathedral of Saint-Etienne. Choir

Smiling Angel, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

May 25

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1897

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMarcou, P. F. J., "Album du Musée de Sculpture Comparée," vol. 2 (Paris, 1897)

Smiling Angel, Reims Cathedral

Sainte Chapelle, interior

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 11

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1238–1248

Object typeArchitecture

LocationParis

Sainte Chapelle, interior

Sainte Chapelle: interior

Angel in buttress aedicule, Reims Cathedral, east end

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Angel in buttress aedicule, Reims...

Angel in buttress aedicule, Reims Cathedral, east end

Saint-Denis, eastern ambulatory

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 1145

Object typeArchitecture

LocationParis, France

Saint-Denis, eastern ambulatory

?St. Nicaise and smiling angel, west façade, left portal, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

?St. Nicaise and smiling angel, west...

?St. Nicaise and smiling angel, west façade, left portal, Reims Cathedral

Alpine Scene: Morning

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator name (description)after Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1836

Object typePrint

MaterialsColored lithograph

LocationHarry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas

Alpine Scene: Morning

Rude youth, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Rude youth, Reims Cathedral

Alpine Scene: Night

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator name (description)after Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1836

Object typePrint

MaterialsColored lithograph

LocationHarry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas

Alpine Scene: Night

Gabriel and Virgin Mary, west façade, centre portal, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Gabriel and Virgin Mary, west...

Gabriel and Virgin Mary, west façade, centre portal, Reims Cathedral

Self-possessed man, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Self-possessed man, Reims Cathedral

Notre-Dame, tribune at east end

Posted by:Administrator

Oct 08

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationParis, France

Notre-Dame, tribune at east end

The blessed received into Abraham's bosom, west façade, Bourges Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationBourges, France

The blessed received into Abraham's...

The blessed received into Abraham's bosom, west façade, Bourges Cathedral

Wise and Foolish Virgins, west façade, Strasbourg Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1270–1300

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsPink sandstone

LocationStrasbourg, France

Wise and Foolish Virgins, west...

Wise and Foolish Virgins, west façade, Strasbourg Cathedral

Smiling angel (pre-1914–18), nave buttress, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Smiling angel (pre-1914–18), nave...

Smiling angel (pre-1914–18), nave buttress, Reims Cathedral

Saint-Denis, eastern ambulatory with rectangular stone retables

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1200–1300

Object typeArchitecture

LocationParis, France

Saint-Denis, eastern ambulatory with...

Eastern ambulatory with rectangular stone retables, Saint-Denis

Grinning woman, Reims Cathedral

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

LocationReims, France

Grinning woman, Reims Cathedral

Steps up to southern ambulatory from crossing, Saint Denis

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationParis, France

Steps up to southern ambulatory from...

Steps up to southern ambulatory from crossing, Saint Denis

Rheims Cathedral, West Front

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationRheims, France

N/A

Accession numberN/A

Rheims Cathedral, West Front

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