Definition of Francois mansart

1. Noun. French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666).

Exact synonyms: Mansart
Generic synonyms: Architect, Designer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Francois Mansart

Franco-Manitoban
Franco-Manitobans
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Prussian
Franco-Prussian War
Francoa
Francoa ramosa
Francoesque
Francois
Francois-Marie Arouet
Francois Auguste Rene Rodin
Francois Charles Mauriac
Francois Couperin
Francois Duvalier
Francois Jacob
Francois Mansart
Francois Marie Charles Fourier
Francois Mauriac
Francois Maurice Marie Mitterand
Francois Mitterand
Francois Rabelais
Francois Rene Chateaubriand
Francois Truffaut
Francois Villon
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart
Francoise d'Aubigne
Francoism
Francoist
Francomania

Literary usage of Francois mansart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Romance of the Bourbon Châteaux by Elizabeth Williams Champney (1903)
"This event introduced francois mansart to his most magnificent patron, for Richelieu had ... francois mansart left his genius and his name to his nephew, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... the work of francois mansart. Cardinal Mazarin, who died 1061, left directions for the construction of college buildings which soon after became the ..."

3. French Book-plates by Walter Hamilton (1896)
"His printed books were sold at the Hague in 1722, with those of francois mansart. "Catalogue des bibliotheques de feu M.Af. Alexandre Pe~tau, conseiller au ..."

4. A History of Architecture by Fiske Kimball, George Harold Edgell (1918)
"francois mansart. Style of Louis XIV. The leader in the return to academic purity in architectural practice was francois mansart (1598-1666). ..."

5. A History of French Art, 1100-1899 by Rose Georgina Kingsley (1899)
"Sou of Raphael Hardouin, painter in ordinary, and Marie Gauthier, niece of Francois Mansart,1 JB Hardouin studied with his uncle and took his name. ..."

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