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Bosio, Francois Joseph (Baron) Bosio was a pupil of Pajou in Paris. He is especially known as the sculptor of twenty bas-reliefs for the Colonne Vendôme and the bronze quadriga of the Arc du Carrousel, Paris.
Cano, Alonzo He learned the elements of architecture from his father, Miguel Cano, and studied sculpture with Juan Martinez Montanes. His family having moved to Seville, he received instruction in painting from Juan del Castillo of that city and Francesco Pacheco. In 1628 he continued the construction of the retable of Lebrija begun by his father. In 1637 he went to Madrid to decorate the palace of the Duke of Olivarez. In 1650 he was employed on the cathedral of Toledo. Although Cano did not study in Italy, his work shows the influence of the Italian masters of the period.
Denham, Sir John, K.C.B. Denham came with his father to London in 1617. He took his bachelor's degree at Oxford, and studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He was created surveyor general of his Majesty's buildings by Charles II. Sir Christopher Wren was made his associate in 1661.
Gibbs, James He was the son of Peter Gibbs, a Roman Catholic merchant of Aberdeen, and took his M. A. degree at Marischal College, Aberdeen. After the death of his parents he entered the service of a builder in Holland. He was discovered by John Erskine, eleventh Earl of Mar, who sent him to Rome, where he entered the school of Carlo Fontana, surveyor general to Pope Clement XI. Returning to London in 1709, he won the friendship of Sir Christopher Wren. The church of S. Mary le Strand was begun by Gibbs Feb. 15, 1714. August, 1721, he began for Harley, Earl of Oxford, the church of S. Peter, Vere Street, London, and a little later the tomb of Matthew Prior, in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. March 19, 1722, the first stone was laid for his famous church of S. Martin's in the Fields, and June 22, 1722, he began the "Senate House" in Cambridge. In 1723-1725 he built the church of Allhallows in Derby (except the tower). Gibbs prepared a scheme for rebuilding the quadrangle of King's College, Cambridge. Only the western side was carried out. The quadrangle of S. Bartholomew's hospital was begun by him June 9, 1730. The first stone of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford, his best building, was laid June 16, 1737. It was built from a fund of £40,000, left by John Radclifte, M.D. Gibbs's books and drawings are preserved at Oxford. He published A Book of Architecture containing designs by James Gibbs, 1 vol. folio, 1728; The Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, 1732; Bibliotheca Radcliffiana, 1747.
Lassus, Jean Baptiste Antoine Lassus was one of the chiefs of the modern Gothic school in France. He was a pupil of Lebas and Henri Labrouste, and entered the Écoles des Beaux Arts in 1828. Influenced by the general romantic movement led by Victor Hugo, he devoted himself entirely to the study of Gothic architecture, especially that of the period of King Philippe Auguste. From 1841 to 1849 he was associated with Duban in the restoration of the Sainte Chapelle, Paris, and after 1849 had charge of that building. He built the spire (flèche) and cleared away the buildings from the south side of the chapel. In 1841 he won a gold medal in the competition for the tomb of Napoleon I. In 1845 he was associated with Viollet-le-Duc in the restoration of the cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, and in 1848 succeeded E. H. Godde as architect of the restoration of the church of S. Germain 1'Auxerrois, Paris. Lassus was appointed conservateur of the buildings of the diocese of Paris in 1849, and of the dioceses of le Mans and of Chartres in 1852. He restored the spires of Chartres cathedral. Lassus designed much ecclesiastical furniture, bronzes, and the like. He contributed frequently to the Annales Archéologiques. In 1837 he was chosen to direct the illustration of the Monographie de la cathédrale de Chartres, published under the direction of the Ministère de l'Instruction Publique. He prepared an edition of the Album of Villard de Honnecourt which was completed after his death by Alfred Darcel, and published by the French government. |
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