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Mansart
[ mahn-sar; English man-sahrt, -sert ]
noun
- Jules Har·douin [zh, y, l , a, r, -, dwan], Jules Hardouin, 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
- his granduncle (Ni·co·las) Fran·çois [nee-kaw-, lah, f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1598–1666, French architect.
Mansart
/ mɑ̃sar /
noun
- MansartFrançois15981666MFrenchARCHITECTURE: architect François (frɑ̃swa). 1598–1666, French architect, who established the classical style in French architecture
- MansartJules Hardouin16461708MFrenchARCHITECTURE: architectMISC: town planner his great-nephew, Jules Hardouin (ʒyl ardwɛ̃). 1646–1708, French architect and town planner, who completed the Palace of Versailles
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There was also a chteau as well, a great Mansart affair with an overpowering dome.
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Sufficient, however, remains to indicate the noble character of a building partly due to Jules Hardouin and Mansart.
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No. 78 was built by Harduin-Mansart in the seventeenth century.
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Mansart, once installed at Chantilly, did not leave it for many years.
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These ruins are the remains of the Chteau d'Issy, the work of Mansart.
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