tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744047484556098706.post7697126276638773368..comments2013-07-17T17:22:06.400-07:00Comments on Schwartz Projects: Vendome ColumnSchwartz Projectshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07761372132908276525noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744047484556098706.post-26820996177610515302009-02-13T11:49:00.000-08:002009-02-13T11:49:00.000-08:00The column comprises a stone core enrobed with 425...The column comprises a stone core enrobed with 425 bronze plaques fixed to the stone with pins. A 280 metre-long frieze of bas-reliefs, designed from drawings by Bergeret, winds round the column depicting the major events of the campaign - from the camp in Boulogne to the return of the Emperor and his guard in 1806. A team of sculptors (including Boizot, Bosio, Bartolini, Ramey, Rude, Corbet, Clodion and Ruxthiel) was commissioned to execute the frieze. <BR/><BR/>Dismantled during the Commune at the instigation of Gustave Courbet, the Vendôme column was restored and re-erected once more in 1873 at Courbet's expense.jonas ransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286376788139568715noreply@blogger.com