The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

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allegorical sculpture outdoor sculpture sculptural group

"The Dance" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is a celebrated 19th-century sculptural group originally created for the façade of the Paris Opéra, renowned for its dynamic, sensual depiction of dancing figures and its scandalous reception.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
La Danse (1865–1869)	1
La Danse (Façade of the Paris Opéra)	1
La Danse (allegorical group)	1
La Danse (controversial sculpture)	1
La Danse (high-relief)	1
La Danse (noted for anatomical detail)	1
La Danse (noted for influence on modern sculpture)	1
La Danse (noted for sculptural rhythm)	1
La Danse (noted for swirling forms)	1
La Danse (nude figures)	1
La Danse (sculpted for Charles Garnier)	1
La Danse (sculptural group)	1
La Danse (stone group)	1
The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T961318 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Context triple: [Petit Palais, notableWorkInCollection, The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]

A. La Danse (1909–1910)
La Danse (1909–1910) is a famous Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse depicting a circle of nude dancers in bold, expressive colors and dynamic movement.
B. Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years is a famous late-19th-century sculpture by Edgar Degas depicting a young ballet student in a naturalistic, lifelike pose that challenged traditional ideals of beauty and art.
C. Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette is a celebrated 1876 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that vividly captures a lively Sunday afternoon gathering at a Montmartre dance garden, exemplifying the light, color, and social scenes characteristic of Impressionism.
D. Matisse’s “The Dance”
Matisse’s “The Dance” is a landmark early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold colors and dynamic depiction of five dancing figures in a circular composition.
E. The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Dance by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Target entity description: "The Dance" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux is a celebrated 19th-century sculptural group originally created for the façade of the Paris Opéra, renowned for its dynamic, sensual depiction of dancing figures and its scandalous reception.

A. La Danse (1909–1910)
La Danse (1909–1910) is a famous Fauvist painting by Henri Matisse depicting a circle of nude dancers in bold, expressive colors and dynamic movement.
B. Little Dancer of Fourteen Years
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years is a famous late-19th-century sculpture by Edgar Degas depicting a young ballet student in a naturalistic, lifelike pose that challenged traditional ideals of beauty and art.
C. Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette
Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette is a celebrated 1876 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that vividly captures a lively Sunday afternoon gathering at a Montmartre dance garden, exemplifying the light, color, and social scenes characteristic of Impressionism.
D. Matisse’s “The Dance”
Matisse’s “The Dance” is a landmark early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse, celebrated for its bold colors and dynamic depiction of five dancing figures in a circular composition.
E. The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	allegorical sculpture ⓘ outdoor sculpture ⓘ sculptural group ⓘ
architecturalContext	Palais Garnier ⓘ linked to: Palais Garnier, Paris
artist	Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ⓘ
artMovement	Realism ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding	Palais Garnier façade ⓘ linked to: Palais Garnier, Paris
city	Paris ⓘ
commissionedBy	Charles Garnier ⓘ
commissionedFor	Paris Opéra ⓘ linked to: Paris Opera
completionDate	circa 1869 ⓘ
controversy	accusations of indecency ⓘ public moral outrage in Paris ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
creator	Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux ⓘ
culturalSignificance	iconic work of 19th-century French sculpture ⓘ important example of Parisian public art ⓘ
depicts	Bacchic celebration ⓘ allegory of dance ⓘ dancing figures ⓘ
genre	public art ⓘ
hasPart	central male figure ⓘ garlands ⓘ group of female dancers ⓘ
inception	circa 1865 ⓘ
languageOfTitle	French ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	19th century ⓘ
material	marble ⓘ plaster (model) ⓘ stone ⓘ
movement	Second Empire art ⓘ linked to: Second Empire
nationalityOfArtist	French ⓘ
notableFor	dynamic composition ⓘ scandalous public reception ⓘ sensual depiction of the nude ⓘ
originalLocation	façade of the Paris Opéra ⓘ
partOf	decorative program of the Paris Opéra façade ⓘ
patron	French Second Empire ⓘ linked to: Second Empire of France
politicalContext	reign of Napoleon III ⓘ
startTime	1860s ⓘ
style	expressive movement ⓘ highly animated figures ⓘ
subjectHeading	Dance in art ⓘ
theme	ecstasy ⓘ joy of dance ⓘ sensuality ⓘ
title	La Danse ⓘ linked to: La Danse (celebration of movement)

How these facts were elicited