Athènes, Rome, Paris: la tribune et l'ordre de la Salle des Caryatides au Louvre

• Autores: Yves Pauwels
• Localización: Revue de l'art, ISSN 0035-1326, Nº. 169, 2010, págs. 61-69
• Idioma: francés
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  • A discussion of the various influences on the caryatids in the Salle des Caryatides in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. While the caryatids have always seemed strikingly similar to those in the Erectheion in Athens, this does not mean that Goujon and Lescot's work should be considered as a manifestation of a Hellenism, or even an Atticism, to which French art aspired during the Pléiade era. In fact, a precise analysis of the sculpture and of its architectural environment leads directly to Roman forms and to the doctrine of Vitruvius. The Tribune des Caryatides therefore appears as a modern version of Vitruvius' porticus Persarum that was intended to celebrate the supremacy of the French monarchy over the Rome of the Caesars.