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JACQUES IGNACE See also:HITTORFF (1792-1867)
, See also:French architect, was See also:born at See also:Cologne on the loth of See also:August 1792
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After serving an See also:apprenticeship to a See also:mason in his native See also:town, he went in 18io to See also:Paris, and studied for some years at the See also:Academy of See also:Fine Arts, where he was a favourite See also:pupil of Belanger, the See also:government architect, who in 1814 appointed him his See also:principal inspector
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Succeeding Belanger as government architect in 1818, he designed many important public and private buildings in Paris and also in the See also:south of See also:France
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From 1819 to 183o in collaboration with le Cointe he directed the royal fetes and ceremonials
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After making architectural See also:tours in See also:Germany, See also:England, See also:Italy and See also:Sicily, he published the result of his observations in the latter See also:country in the See also:work See also:Architecture See also:antique de la Sicile (3 vols., 1826–183o; new edition, 1866–1867), and also in Architecture moderne de la Sicile (1826–1835)
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One of his important discoveries was that See also:colour had been made use of in See also:ancient See also:Greek architecture, a subject which he especially discussed in Architecture polychrome chez See also:les Grecs (183o) and in Restitution du See also:temple d'Empedocle a Selinunte (1851); and in accordance with the doctrines enunciated in these See also:works he was in the See also:habit of making colour an important feature in most of his architectural designs
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His principal See also:building is the See also: |
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