- Paul Bigot
Paul Bigot (
20 October 1870 –8 June 1942 ) was a Frencharchitect .Bigot was born in
Orbec (Calvados ) in 1870. He studied architecture at theEcole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts inParis . He won theGrand Prix de Rome in 1900, which enabled him to study in Rome at theVilla Medici . He later became a professor at theEcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.He is particularly known for Le Plan de Rome, a large architectural model of
Ancient Rome . It is a plaster model of about 70 square metres at a scale of 1:400, showing Rome as it would have been in the time of the emperorConstantine I (4th century AD).The model is preserved at the
University of Caen and is listed as an ancient monument. A second version is in theRoyal Museums of Art and History inBrussels .External links
* [http://www.unicaen.fr/rome/index.php?langue=anglais Le Plan de Rome website at University of Caen]
* [http://www.unicaen.fr/rome/presentation.php?langue=anglais&action=bigot&idMonu=&lien=&page=2&id=&titre= Biography: "Paul Bigot: a Norman in Rome"]
* [http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/10/11/model-of-rome-took-thirty-years-to-build/ Modern Mechanix: Model of Rome Took Thirty Years to Build (Jun, 1934)]* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/761070537/in/set-72157600215048743/ ] See: Designed / created by Arch. Paul Bigot ("Prix de Rome"), c. 1906 - 1911. News Report: REMARKABLE RESTORATION OF THE ANCIENT CITY MADE IN MODEL, THE NEW YORK TIMES (26-11-1911, pg. SM8). cf.
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/sets/72157600215048743/ ] Martin. G. Conde, Rome. Model's of Ancient Rome [Area of the Imperial Fora] : Giuseppe Marcelliani (1905-1906); Paul Bigot (1906-1911, 1942); Italo Gismondi / Pierino Di Carlo (1933-1937, & later revisions).
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