| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Paris, Île-de-France, France | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1806-1811 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Gondoin, Jacques | en_US |
| dc.creator | Lepère, Jean-Baptiste | en_US |
| dc.date | 1806-1811 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-20T20:38:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-12-20T20:38:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1806-1811 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 179637 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2173 | en_US |
| dc.description | View looking up from southeast (also depicts entire west elevation of square); Gondoin together with Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761-1844), built the Vendôme Column (1806-1811), Paris, with its spiral reliefs on bronze plaques after cartoons by Pierre Nolasque Bergeret. Napoleon commissioned the original column, modelled after Trajan's Column, to celebrate the victory of Austerlitz; its veneer of 425 spiraling bas-relief bronze plates were made out of cannon taken from the combined armies of Europe, (according to his propaganda). The plates were executed by a team of sculptors including Bosio and Rude. The column was topped with a statue of Napoleon, destroyed, and then later replaced. The entire column was pulled down in 1871 and then restored and re-erected 1873. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2010) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | bronze | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | allegory | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | military or war | en_US |
| dc.subject | portrait | en_US |
| dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
| dc.subject | Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nineteenth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Vendôme Column | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Colonne Vendôme | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Austerlitz Column | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-HMJ-PV-D1 | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Jacques Gondoin (French architect, 1737-1818); Jean-Baptiste Lepère (French architect, 1761-1844) | en_US |
