Claude Perrault

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Claude Perrault was a 17th-century French physician, scientist, and architect best known for designing the classical east façade of the Louvre in Paris.

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instanceOf 17th-century architect
French architect
architect
human
physician
scientist
countryOfCitizenship France
designed Louvre Colonnade
Observatoire de Paris (architectural contributions)
linked to: Paris Observatory

east façade of the Louvre
educatedAt University of Paris
linked to: Sorbonne University
employer Académie royale des sciences
era 17th century
familyName Perrault
fieldOfWork anatomy
architecture
medicine
natural history
physics
genre classical architecture
givenName Claude
hasGender male
knownFor designing the classical east façade of the Louvre in Paris
the Louvre Colonnade
writings on architectural theory
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie royale des sciences
movement French classicism
linked to: French Baroque art
nationality French
nativeLanguage French
notableIdea theory of architectural proportion based on rational measures
notableWork Colonnade of the Louvre
Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des Anciens
east façade of the Louvre
linked to: Louvre Palace

translation of Vitruvius
occupation architect
physician
scientist
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Paris
sibling Charles Perrault
linked to: Perrault
style classical architecture
workedOn anatomical dissections of animals
experiments in physics

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