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Louis Le Vau (French pronunciation: [lwi lə vo]; 1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was an architect that helped develop the French Classical style in the 17th century.
Le Vau was the first architect to carry out major work on Versailles under King Louis XIV. He built the King’s and Queen’s State Apartments and the white stone façade on the garden side, known as “Le Vau’s Envelope”.
Premier grand architecte du Versailles de Louis XIV, Le Vau est l’auteur des Grands Appartements du Roi et de la Reine ainsi que de la façade de pierre blanche côté jardin, dénommée « Enveloppe de Le Vau ».
May 17, 2018 · The French architect Louis Le Vau (1612-1670) was one of the creators of the French classical style, which dominated the academic architecture of the 17th century. Louis Le Vau was born in Paris, the son of a master mason of the same name.
Louis Le Vau designed the additional buildings in 1663 to house the College of the Four Nations (Collège des Quatre-Nations), paid for by a legacy from Louis XIV’s minister Cardinal Mazarin, who had brought the four entities in question—Pignerol (Pinerolo, in the Italian Piedmont), Alsace,… Read More; French literature
Contemporain des deux Mansart et de Jacques Lemercier, Louis Le Vau est l'un des créateurs du classicisme français (le style « Louis XIV ») qu'il sait marier avec le style baroque. Il crée un style caractérisé par la simplicité des constructions et l'élégance des décorations.
Louis Le Vau (1612-70): French Architect, Leading Baroque Designer: Responsible For Palace of Versailles, Vaux-le-Vicomte Chateau, Church of Saint-Sulpice.
Dec 6, 2023 · Louis le Vau, André le Nôtre, and Charles le Brun, Palace of Versailles, 1664–1710 (photo: Marc Vassal, CC BY-SA 2.0) When the King of France, Louis XIV, first decided to build a new palace and move his court out of Paris, there was nothing on his chosen site at Versailles but a smallish hunting lodge.
French Baroque architect. With a team of decorators, sculptors, gardeners, and painters he was largely responsible for creating the Louis Quatorze style at the great palace of Versailles from 1667.
Architect and fundamental figure of French classicism; worked at the châteaux of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Vincennes, at the palace of Versailles, at the Louvre; also designed the château du Raincy, the Institut de France, and the hôtel Lambert. Premier Architecte to the King in 1653-70.
