Jules hardouin mansart biography of rory
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Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708)
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Jules Hardouin Mansart's Architecture
Ranked among the greatest architects and artists of the French Baroque - such as Louis Le Vau (1612-70), Andre Le Notre (1613-1700), and Charles Le Brun (1619-90) - Jules Hardouin Mansart was the grand-nephew of Francois Mansart (1598-1666), the father of French Classical architecture, who gave his name to the popular Mansard (sic) roof, a steeply inclined roof with a short flat peak.
Jules Hardouin Mansart succeeded Le Vau as Royal Architect to King Louis XIV, whose taste for power and prestige he obediently reflected in the grandiose facades of the Palace of Versailles, as well as the first "French Windows" which he designed for the Grand Trianon at Versailles, and in the majestic dome of Les Invalides (1679-91).
Indeed, Mansart's work is regarded by many art scholars as the high point of Baroque archite