JAMES PRADIER (1792–1852)
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V22,
Page 240
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: - JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES PRADIER (1792–1852)
, French sculptor, was born at Geneva
.
He was a member of the French Academy, and a popular sculptor of the pre-Romantic period, representing in France the drawing- room classicism which Canova illustrated at Rome
.
His chief works are the Niobe group (1822), " Atalanta " (185o), " Psyche " (1824), " Sappho " (1852) (all is the Louvre), " Prometheus " (Tuileries Gardens), a bas- relief on the triumphal arch of the Carrousel, the figures of " Fame " on the Arc de 1'Etoile, and a statue of J
.
J
.
Rousseau for Geneva
.
Besides these mention should be made of his " Three Graces
(182I)
.
End of Article: JAMES PRADIER (1792–1852)
|
[back] PRACTICAL USE OF ORIFICES IN GAUGING
|
[next] FRANCISCO PRADILLA (1847– )
|