Girardon, François
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Girardon, François (1628–1715). French sculptor. He ranked with
Coysevox as the outstanding sculptor of Louis XIV's reign, but his style was more restrained and
classical, embodying the ideas of the Academy. Much of his work was done for Versailles, where he collaborated with
Le Brun; it includes a marble group of
Apollo Tended by the Nymphs (1666–75) that is regarded as one of the most purely classical works of French 17th-century sculpture. (The group was originally in a grotto room, but is now in the palace gardens.) His other work includes the marble monument to Cardinal Richelieu (1675–94) in the church of the Sorbonne, Paris. He also made a bronze equestrian statue of Louis XIV (1683–92) for the Place Vendôme in Paris, but this was destroyed during the French Revolution. Girardon died on the same day as Louis XIV.
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Newspaper article from: ; 1/1/1994; ; 210 words
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/15/2001; 700+ words
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torrid zone
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
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zone
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Seasons
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Cartography and Geography
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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Europe’s Place in the World: Geographical Speculation in the Renaissance Era
Book article from: American Eras
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