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Charles Garnier

Nineteenth-Century Revival and Eclectic Architecture

Jean-Louis Charles Garnier (1825 to 1898) was a French architect, born in Paris to a family of modest means, who won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1848 after training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He is best known for the Palais Garnier, the Paris opera house he won in a state competition in 1861 and which was inaugurated in 1875, and for the Opera de Monte-Carlo. His lavish Neo-Baroque work belongs to the Beaux-Arts tradition and drew on Italian Renaissance masters such as Palladio, Sansovino and Michelangelo, while the Paris opera was built on a framework of metal girders. He also designed villas and public buildings on the Italian Riviera at Bordighera and the Nice observatory with Gustave Eiffel.

Facts
Birth Year
1825 1
Death Year
1898 1
Practice Type
Individual 1
Best-Known Buildings
Opéra de Monte-Carlo 1
Best-Known Buildings
Palais Garnier, Paris 1
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Associated With

Concert Hall, Concepts
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Theater (Structure), Concepts
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In Style

Baroque Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
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Beaux-Arts Architecture, Styles and Movements
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Influenced By

Andrea Palladio, Architects and Designers
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Michelangelo, Architects and Designers
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Charles Garnier

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Nationality

France

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Source Charles Garnier (architect) (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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was a French architect, best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier
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1. Charles Garnier (architect) (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth date
    6 November 1825-3 August 1898
  • Lead, death date
    6 November 1825-3 August 1898
  • Lead, profession
    was a French architect, best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier
  • Lead, Palais Garnier
    was a French architect, best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier in Paris and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo
  • Lead, Opera de Monte-Carlo
    was a French architect, best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier in Paris and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo
  • Lead, nationality
    was a French architect, best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier
  • In Style: Beaux-Arts Architecture, Paris Opera, style
    Garnier's works represent a Neo-Baroque-inspired style, popular during the Beaux-Arts period in France.
  • In Style: Baroque Revival Architecture, Paris Opera, Neo-Baroque
    Garnier's works represent a Neo-Baroque-inspired style, popular during the Beaux-Arts period in France.
  • Influenced By: Andrea Palladio, Paris Opera, influences
    He was influenced by the Italianate styles of Renaissance artisans such as Palladio, Sansovino, and Michelangelo
  • Influenced By: Michelangelo, Paris Opera, Michelangelo
    He was influenced by the Italianate styles of Renaissance artisans such as Palladio, Sansovino, and Michelangelo
  • Associated With: Theater (Structure), Lead, opera houses
    best known as the architect of the Palais Garnier in Paris and the Opéra de Monte-Carlo
  • Associated With: Concert Hall, Later work, concert hall
    the Grand Concert Hall of the Monte Carlo Casino
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