See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

ANNE See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS GIRODET DE ROUSSY (1767-7824)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French painter, better known as Girodet-Trioson, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MONTARGIS

Montargis on the 5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1767 . He lost his parents in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early youth, and the care of his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune and See also:

• EDUCATION

education See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to the See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot of his See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian, M . Trioson, " medecin de mesdames," by whom he was in later See also:

• LIFE

life adopted . After some preliminary studies under a painter named Luquin, Girodet entered the school of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David,and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-two he successfully competed for the Prix de See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . At Rome he executed his " Hippocrate refusant See also:

• LES

les presents d'See also:

• ARTAXERXES

Artaxerxes " and " See also:

• ENDYMION

Endymion dormant " (Louvre), a See also:

• WORK

work which was hailed with See also:

• ACCLAMATION (Lat. acclamatio, a shouting at)

acclamation at the See also:

• SALON

Salon of 1792 . The peculiarities which See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark Girodet's position as the See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

herald of the romantic See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement are already evident in his" Endymion." The See also:

• FIRM

firm-set forms, the See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, the hardness of the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution are proper to one trained in the school of David, but these characteristics harmonize See also:

• ILL

ill with the See also:

• LITERARY

literary, sentimental and picturesque suggestions which the painter has sought to render . 'The same incongruity marks Girodet's "See also:

• DANAE

Danae" and his " Quatre Saisons," executed for the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain (repeated for See also:

• COMPIEGNE

Compiegne), and shows itself to a ludicrous extent in his " Fingal" (St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, Leuchtenberg collection), executed for See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. in 1802 . This work unites the defects of the classic and romantic See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, for Girodet's See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination ardently and exclusively pursued the ideas excited by varied See also:

• READING

reading both of classic and of See also:

• MODERN

modern literature, and the impressions which he received from the See also:

• EXTERNAL

external See also:

• WORLD

world afforded him little stimulus or check; he consequently retained the mannerisms of his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master's practice whilst rejecting all See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint on choice of subject . The See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit lost by "Fingal" Girodet regained in 18o6, when he exhibited " See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

Scene de See also:

• DELUGE, THE (through the Fr. from Lat. diluvium, flood, diluere, to wash away)

Deluge " (Louvre), to which (in competition with the "Sabines" of David) was awarded the decennial See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize . This success was followed up in 18o8 by the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of the " Reddition de See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne " and " Atala au Tombeau "—a work which went far to deserve its immense popularity, by a happy choice of subject, and remarkable freedom from the theatricality of Girodet's usual manner, which, however, soon came to the front again in his " Revolte de Caire " (18ro) . His See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers now began to fail, and his See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of working at See also:

• NIGHT

night and other excesses told upon his constitution; in the Salon of 1812 he exhibited only a " Tete de See also:

• VIERGE, DANIEL (1851-1904)

Vierge "; in 1819 " See also:

• PYGMALION

Pygmalion et Galatee " showed a still further decline of strength; and in 1824—the See also:

• YEAR

year in which he produced his portraits of See also:

• CATHELINEAU, JACQUES (1759—1793)

Cathelineau and See also:

• BONCHAMPS, CHARLES MELCHIOR ARTUS, MARQUIS DE (c. 1760-1793)

Bonchamps—Girodet died on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December . He executed a vast quantity of illustrations, amongst which may be cited those to the See also:

• DIDOT

Didot See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil (1798) and to the Louvre See also:

• RACINE
• RACINE, JEAN (1639-1699)
• RACINE, LOUIS (1692-1763)

Racine (1801-1805) .

Fifty-four of his designs for See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon were engraved by M . See also:

• CHATILLON

Chatillon . Girodet wasted much See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time on literary See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, his poem Le Peintre (a See also:

• STRING

string of commonplaces), together with poor imitations of classical poets, and essays on Le Genie and La See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

Grace, were published after his See also:

• DEATH

death (1829), with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• NOTICE

notice by his friend M . Coupin de la Couperie; and M . Delecluze, in his See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis David et son temps, has also a brief life of Girodet .