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21 hours ago · Jean- Baptiste Colbert, the First Minister to King Louis XIV and Vice-Protector of the Academy, promoted this grand classicizing Baroque style as the elevated style of the aristocracy, which laid the foundation for Neoclassicism.
4 days ago · The first of these great men were Michel Le Tellier, Hugues de Lionne, and Nicolas Fouquet; but the last was disgraced within a year, and by 1665 his place had been taken by Mazarin’s former secretary, Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
3 days ago · Colbert’s father was an unsuccessful merchant; however, all his granddaughters married dukes. In other words, the opportunity to enter the highest ranks of the nobility, which had long been available in France, was simply emphasized by Louis XIV.
21 hours ago · Cette évolution qui s'appuie sur la géométrie, le dessin, et les traités d'architecture navale, est accélérée par le développement des chantiers d'état. Colbert, le ministre de Louis XIV, les encourage en les inscrivant dans un grand dessein qui requiert aussi les industries forestières et métallurgique .
1 day ago · First Minister of State Jean-Baptiste Colbert sent large forces to occupy Collo in the spring of 1663, but the expedition failed. In July 1664, King Louis XIV ordered another military campaign against Jijel, which took nearly three months and also ended in defeat.
4 days ago · For the planning of the new splendours of Paris, the greatest part of the credit must go to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the king’s superintendent of buildings. Work on the Louvre had been resumed in 1624 and was completed by Claude Perrault ’s magnificent colonnade (1667–74).
5 days ago · Collection. Judging a Book by Its Cover. Citation. “Jean-Baptiste Colbert,” Grolier Club Exhibitions, accessed July 3, 2024, https://grolierclub.omeka.net/items/show/4231. ← Previous Item. Next Item →. Online exhibitions for The Grolier Club of New York.
