Sainte Genevieve Sainte- Geneviève, 1757 Paris architect: Jacque Soufflot patron: King Louis XV
Jan 17, 2015
Sainte Genevieve
Sainte-Geneviève, 1757 Paris
architect: Jacque Soufflot
patron: King Louis XV
Sainte Genevieve, dome
Model of the dome, triple dome
Sainte Genevieve, plan
Sainte Genevieve, interior, The vault is cut-away wherever possible to achieve the effect of lightness which characterizes gothic architecture
Sainte Genevieve, interior
French History Timeline
• Monarchy 751-1792
• Revolution Republic 1792-1799
• Empire (Napoleon Bonaparte) 1799-1814
• Monarchy restored 1814-1848
• Revolution Second Republic 1848-1852
• Second Empire (Napoleon III) 1852-1870
• Third Republic 1870-1940
• Nazi occupation 1940-44
• Fourth Republic 1946
• Fifth Republic (Charles de Gaulle) 1958
Sainte Genevieve
“The Pantheon”
“Aux Grands Hommes La Patrie Reconnaissante”
Philosophy overwhelming the monsters of superstition
The Fatherland crowning virtue and the spirit of the people.
Public Education
Foucault’s Pendulum, 1851
Sainte Genevieve, side view of covered over windows