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America. I feel that the Exposition displayed some of the more beautiful architecture of its time; its immense buildings and sculptures drew heavily from Greek and other classical styles, and it could possible be because of the sweeping popularity in Beaux Arts architecture. The Peristyle, one of the buildings that was constructed for the Fair, was designed by Charles B. Atwood. It

the year of his birth his identification was read as “Louis Henry”. Andrienne, his mother did not mind the misinterpretation and decided to keep the change in honor of her father. Patrick Sullivan, his father was an English native who studied the art of music and dancing. During his early twenties he was dancing instructor in London. His profession allowed him to travel and explore several areas in Europe such as Switzerland and Ireland. In his thirties he was captivated by the charms of America

Sexism and the star system in architecture In her article, Denise Scott Brown brings to light her personal experience as being a female architect and the sexism that she had come across. Brown describes how sexism is not outright, as she states that many young female architects do not understand the need for the feminist movement as they had never experienced such sexism in school. Rather, sexism appeared through the words of architecture critics, in meetings, and architectural magazines. Despite

Morris Hunt, the leading architect to the Beaux Art style; and Henry Hobson Richardson, the father of the Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The

wanted him to pursue an occupation in the military, Laban chose to undertake a profession in the fine arts, or more specifically, dance (Preston-Dunlop). Laban started professionally studying the body as an art form when he was a student at Ècoles des Beaux Arts, a college located in Paris, France, where his main educational focus was architecture (Preston-Dunlop). While at Ècoles des Beaux Arts, Laban began to deeply analyze and seek the purpose behind many dancers’ movements, and did so by taking

BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT Georges Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 and lived until March 29, 1891. Georges Seurat studied at Ecole Municipale de Sculpture et Dessin, then in 1878 he moved went to Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After Ecole des Beaux-Arts, he went to a conventional training academy. He left Ecole des Beaux-Arts in November of 1879 to go into the military. After his service, he came back to Paris and shared a studio with Aman-Jean. He then had a relationship with Madeleine Knobloch, who he often

attended the École des Beaux-Arts school in Paris, France. At the École des Beaux-Arts Marquet was under the tutelage of the famous painter Gustave Moreau. In addition to mastering his craft through Moreau’s instruction, Marquet befriended young artists Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault. As Marquet and Matisse aged, their style of artwork became extremely vibrant and bold in regard to their choices of color and contrasting tones. Eventually, in 1905, Marquet and Matisse could exhibit their art work at

Auguste Rodin was a French sculpture; however, he had also created art in the forms of: oil painting, watercolors, chalk, drawings, drypoints, and a lithograph. He was born on November 12, 1840 in Paris from his parents Marie Cheffer and Jean Baptiste Rodin. He married the love of his life, Rose Beuret, in 1917 and had a son, Auguste-Eugene Beuret. However, after Auguste and Rose got married, she had passed away three weeks later. As a young child, Auguste was brought up in a middle-class area called

Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune rebellion. When Seurat was a little boy he began to take interest in art and was encouraged by his uncle, Paul Haumonte, who is a textile dealer and amateur painter. ("The Art Story.org - Your Guide to Modern Art") When Seurat was fifthteen, he entered a local drawing school then three years later he went to Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1878-1879 to study art.

artist; he was a painter, sculptor, stonemason, and musician. Ingres’ first teacher in the arts was his father, who encouraged him in drawing and music. In 1786, he started studying at the local school, l’École des Frères de l’Education Chretienne. Unfortunately, the school was closed in 1791 due to the French Revolution. The same year, Ingres’ father took him to Toulouse, where he enrolled in the Academie Royale de Peinture, Sculpture, et Architecture. There he studied under the sculptor Jean-Pierre