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Definition of Jacques Germain Soufflot
1. Noun. French architect (1713-1780).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacques Germain Soufflot
Literary usage of Jacques Germain Soufflot
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... better known as the Pantheon (1755). by Jacques Germain Soufflot (1713-1780),
the dome of which is based largely on that of St Peter's in Rome. ..."
2. A History of Architecture by Fiske Kimball, George Harold Edgell (1918)
"Jacques Germain Soufflot, 1709-80. Fagade of the Hôtel Dieu at Lyons, 1741.
Anges Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782. Ecole Militaire in Paris, 1751-1787. ..."
3. The History of Modern Civilization: A Handbook Based Upon M. Gustave by Gustave Ducoudray (1891)
"Jacques-Germain Soufflot, born at Irancy (1714—1781), constructed the Pantheon,
in imitation of Agrippa's Pantheon, surmounting it, like St. Peter's at Rome ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... better known as the Panthéon (1755), by Jacques Germain Soufflot (1713-1780),
the dome of which is based largely on that of St Peter's in Rome. ..."
5. The Lives of Celebrated Architects, Ancient Amd Modern: With Historical and by Francesco Milizia, Eliza Taylor tr Cresy (1826)
"... Jacques Germain Soufflot, (Born 1714, died 1780.) IF French architecture has
recovered any part of its former lustre, it is owing to the works and zeal ..."
6. European Architecture: A Historical Study by Russell Sturgis (1896)
"... and it is on record that these piers were made too light by the architect
Jacques Germain Soufflot, and were afterward rebuilt with larger section by ..."
7. The History of Modern Civilization: A Handbook by Gustave Ducoudray (1891)
"Jacques-Germain Soufflot, born at Irancy (1714—1781), constructed the Pantheon,
in imitation of Agrippa's Pantheon, surmounting it, like St. Peter's at Rome ..."
8. History of Architecture: From the Earliest Times; Its Present Condition in by Louisa Caroline Tuthill (1848)
"Jacques Germain Soufflot, a French artist, who built a part of the church of St.
Genevieve. Nicholas Antoine Boulanger, an accomplished scholar, ..."
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