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	Nicolas Fouquet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nicolas Fouquet (January 27, 1615 — March 23, 1680) was viscount of Melun and of Vaux, marquis de Belle-Isle, superintendent of finance in France under Louis XIV.
		Fouquet's fortune now surpassed even Mazarin's, but the latter was too deeply implicated in similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day of reckoning to his agent and successor Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
		Upon Mazarin's death Fouquet expected to be made head of the government; but Louis XIV was suspicious of his poorly dissembled ambition, and it was with Fouquet in mind that he made the well-known statement, upon assuming the government, that he would be his own chief minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicolas_Fouquet (895 words)

	FOUQUET - LoveToKnow Article on FOUQUET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The appointment was a popular one with the moneyed class, for Fouquets great wealth bad been largely augmented by his marriage in 1651 with Marie de Castille, who also belonged to a wealthy family of the legal nobility.
		Fouquets fortune now surpassed even Mazarins, but the latter was too deeply implicated in- similar operations to interfere, and was obliged to leave the day of reckoning to his agent and successor Colbert.
		Public sympathy was strongly with Fouquet, and Lafontaine, Madame de Svigne and many others wrote on his behalf; but when Fouquet was sentenced to banishment, the king, disappointed, commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FO/FOUQUET.htm (878 words)

	Nicolas Fouquet
		Fouquet was dispatched to Pignerol, a small fortified position in the Alps of Savoy, dominated by the dungeon of the fortress in which he was to be imprisoned and closely guarded until his mysterious death on 23rd March 1680.
		Fouquet was destroyed by his own charms, pride, abilities, beauty, and the resulting kind of naiveté, that made him believe he were invincible.
		Le Brun abandoned the apotheosis of Fouquet he was to paint on the dome of the entrance hall of Vaux-le-Vicomte abruptly, and on the day after the arrest the painter cowardly begged Mme Colbert to accept the present of a drawing.
	www.kipar.org /historical-resources/fouquet3.html (1712 words)

	Jean Fouquet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jean Fouquet (or Jehan Fouquet, 1420 - 1481) was a French painter.
		One of Fouquets most important paintings is the diptych, formerly at Notre Dame de Melun, of which one wing, depicting Agnès Sorel as the Virgin, is now at the Antwerp Museum and the other in the Berlin Gallery.
		From Fouquet's hand again are eleven out of the fourteen miniatures illustrating a translation of Josephus at the Bibliothque Nationale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Fouquet (242 words)

	Nicolas Fouquet
		Fouquet descended from a line of parliamentarians, one of those very rich men, upon whom the crown had become increasingly to depend.
		Fouquet had already risen rapidly, and already in 1641, at the age of 26, he had been able to buy the estate of Vaux-le-Vicomte, thus having been a rapidly rising shining star amongst the officiers.
		Fouquet's tastes were extraordinarily wide, ranging over music and drama, poetry, painting and architecture, and he possessed an uncanny gift of recognising and securing for his own service the finest exponents of every art form.
	www.kipar.org /historical-resources/fouquet2.html (1436 words)

	Malaspina Great Books - Jean Fouquet (c. 1420-1480)
		Fouquet remained under the charm of the early Italian Renaissance.
		Still another of Fouquet's portraits must be mentioned: the bust of a young man (Lichtenstein collection), dated 1456, which is admirable in the intensity of touch displayed in the colour scheme, with its greyish tone and deliberate reserve.
		Fouquet was not at all naÃ¯f, as has been too frequently asserted, when in the scene of the Epiphany he substituted for one of the Magi of history the portrait of King Charles VII, in a mantle ornamented with fleurs-de-lis, surrounded by his guards and rendering homage to the Blessed Virgin.
	www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=726 (2244 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: Drawings and Prints
		Fouquet was patronized by the highest classes, as his home city of Tours was the preferred residence of the French royal court.
		Fouquet was one of the first Northern artists to recognize and incorporate the artistic innovations of fifteenth-century Italy into the prevailing Franco-Flemish style, as manifested in the combination of monumentality and descriptive detail seen here.
		Fouquet's sheet is also an early survival of the portrait drawing genre, which gained great importance and popularity in France in the sixteenth century.
	www.metmuseum.org /works_of_art/viewOne.asp?dep=9&viewmode=0&isHighlight=1&item=49.38 (255 words)

	Bubbles and "Champagne" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Julie Fouquet with her ground-breaking all-optical switch--the diamond-shaped object in the center of the circuit board where the cables meet.
		Teachers asked her to help other children with homework, and there is a family story of a very young Fouquet calculating the number of cups available for a party.
		In the end, Fouquet was inspired by methods that could not have been closer to Hewlett-Packard's core: thermal ink-jet printers.
	www.harvard-magazine.com /on-line/010247.html (1576 words)

	Margaret Murnane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fouquet led the multidisciplinary research team that broke performance records for compact optical switches in 1998 and managed technology development in the division Agilent created to commercialize this technology.
		Fouquet is now leading a new project in the area of imaging sensors.
		Fouquet is a senior member of IEEE, a member of OSA and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
	www.osa.org /aboutosa/leaders/election/Fouquet.asp?appName=Help (718 words)

	FOUQUET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Jean Fouquet was born in 1420 - and died in 1480 in Tours.
		Jean Fouquet was court painter to King Charles the 7th and later to King Louis the 11th.
		Fortunately, Jean Fouquet's work was displayed in a 20th century exhibit or he have easly been forgotten.
	www.northstar.k12.ak.us /schools/ryn/connections/1400-1500/fouquet.html (106 words)

	Matchcovers strike collector's interest \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Fouquet, a Del Mar resident since 1959, said his collection is an illustration of history and a personal chronicle.
		Fouquet renewed his matchcover interest in 1971, when he attended the national matchcover convention at the El Cortez Hotel in downtown San Diego.
		Fouquet especially enjoys his matchcover collection of Del Mar landmarks, such as the Del Mar Racetrack, the Del Mar Hotel, which is now L'Auberge Resort and Spa, and La Tienda, an restaurant on Camino del Mar in the 1930s.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040505/news_m1m05tfdmar.html (513 words)

	Fouquet, Jean on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fouquet's style is marked by a delicacy of line combined with an amplitude of volume in his portrayal of the human figure.
		He was court painter to Charles VII and Louis XI and a protégé of Agnès Sorel and Étienne Chevalier, treasurer to Charles VII.
		César 2004: répétition générale au Fouquet's avec les principaux nommés
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/FouquetJ1.asp (647 words)

	Jean Fouquet. Biography. - Olga's Gallery
		In the 1440s, Fouquet was in Rome, recognized as the royal portraitist of France, and commissioned to paint Pope Eugenius IV and his nephews.
		Fouquet succeeded in combining the diverse influences of Italian and French art of the Early Renaissance to achieve a courtly classicism, marked by a certain detachment and severe construction, which is unique in the art of the 15th century.
		However, Fouquet is very careful and sensitive in the execution of the crown and throne.
	www.abcgallery.com /F/fouquet/fouquetbio.html (338 words)

	Jean Fouquet Biography / Biography of Jean Fouquet Biography Biography
		His leap to fame is attested to by the probability that he accompanied a French mission to Rome in 1446, for the Italian artist Antonio Filarete recorded that Fouquet portrayed Pope Eugenius IV with his two nephews.
		In Rome, Fouquet would have seen the frescoes (later destroyed) in the Vatican by Fra Angelico, and the style of the famous Florentine had a deep and lasting effect on his own.
		Fouquet was especially adept in his miniature illustrations for manuscript books.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-jean-fouquet (750 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jehan Fouquet
		Fouquet was the contemporary of Joan of Arc, and his character is as national as that of the heroine herself.
		Some critics are inclined to believe that he made a second journey, for they find it hard to believe that Fouquet never saw the "Lives of St. Lawrence and St. Stephen" by Fra Angelico in the chapel of Nicholas V.
		This influence of the theatre is seen throughout the "Book of Hours", in the costumes, the decoration, and local colour, the capricious and grotesque appearance of which proceeds directly from the store of dramatic accessories and the tinsel adornments of the actors.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06161b.htm (2151 words)

	Alexandre Dumas : The Vicomte de Bragelonne : Chapter LIV. The Houses of M. Fouquet.
		The reason of this was, Fouquet set himself a task, and when this task was once set, in one hour's work he, by himself, did what another would not have accomplished in a day; always certain, consequently, provided he was not disturbed, of arriving at the close in the time his devouring activity had fixed.
		The marquise looked at Fouquet, on his knees at her feet, and there was in the looks of the woman a strange mixture of love and melancholy.
		As to Fouquet, he retook, with his head hanging down and a fixed cloud on his brow, the path of the subterranean passage along which ran the metal wires that communicated from one house to the other, transmitting, through two glasses, the wishes and signals of hidden correspondents.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid./bookid.292/sec.54 (3013 words)

	Descendants of Guillaume Fouquet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There is no known record which refers to him either as "Guillaume" or as "Fouquet." Howard Jones, a descendant of Joseph Fuqua, a participant in some of the research for Irwin's book, and a former member of the board of directors of the Fuqua Family Foundation, wrote an excellent article on this subject.
		FOUQUET) was born April 07, 1853 in TN, and died February 15, 1910 in Nashville, TN.
		FOUQUET) was born February 11, 1871, and died January 18, 1950 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /lgrob/fuqua_genealogy.htm (1933 words)

	Garden of Le Nôtre at Vaux-le-Vicomte
		In 1641 Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680), then a young member of the Paris parliament, bought this property near Melun consisting of a few fields and an old castle.
		Accused of financial malpractice, partly falsified by his enemy Colbert, Fouquet was condemned to banishment by the Paris Parliament.
		Fouquet and Le Nôtre envisaged a 'single composition' embracing the chateau and landscape; a complete composition of a house of beautiful architecture, running waters, enchanting groves and grottos and broderies of box, reminiscent of an oriental carpet.
	www.sisley.co.uk /vaux.htm (448 words)

	Vaux-le-Vicomte - France.com
		This achievement was brought about through the collaboration of three men of genius whom Fouquet had chosen for the task: the architect Le Vau, the painter-decorator Le Brun and the landscape gardener Le Nôtre.
		After Nicolas Fouquet was arrested and imprisoned for life, and his wife exiled, Vaux-le-Vicomte was placed under sequestration.
		Madame Fouquet recovered her property 10 years later and retired there with her eldest son.
	www.france.com /docs/99.html (396 words)

	Biography
		Much has been made of this Italian journey, the influence of which can be detected in the perspective essays and Classical architecture of his subsequent works, but the strongly scrulptural character of his painting, which was deeply rooted in his native tradition, did not succumb to Italian influence.
		His first patron was Étienne Chevalier, the royal secretary and lord treasurer, for whom he produced a Book of Hours (1450-60), now dismembered but mainly in the Museé Condé at Chantilly, and who appears in the Diptych of Melun (c.
		It was not until 1475 that Fouquet became Royal Painter (to Louis XI), but in the previous year he was asked to prepare designs for the king's tomb, and he must have been the leading court artist for many years.
	www.wga.hu /bio/f/fouquet/biograph.html (288 words)

	Fouquet - Joaillerie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fouquet first set up shop in 1852 in the heart of Paris on the rue Laffitte.
		The reputation of FOUQUET for excellence has been maintained throughout the generations.
		It is this attention to quality and taste that established the clientele of Fouquet within the French aristocracy over 150 years ago, and that today continues to be appreciated by connoisseurs of chocolate and confectionery around the world.
	www.signe-paris.com /Gastronomie/fouquet-gb.htm (265 words)

	Chapter X: M. Colbert's Rough Draught - THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK - Alexandre Dumas Pere at HistoricalBookArchive.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		As for Fouquet, a true politician,- that is to say, complete master of himself,- he had already, by the energy of his own resolute will, contrived to remove from his face all traces of the emotion which Aramis's revelation had occasioned.
		Fouquet pressed Aramis's hand; but instead of the deed which Vanel handed to him, he took the rough draught of it.
		Fouquet, is a weapon which scoundrels very frequently make use of against men of honor, and it answers their purpose.
	www.historicalbookarchive.com /18-10.html (2933 words)

	19. The Shadow of M. Fouquet Page 3
		As soon as he had finished, like a man who has just escaped an imminent danger, and whose strength abandons him as soon as the danger is past, he sank down, completely overcome, on a couch.
		And so, lifting up his head like a dog who has regained the scent, he perceived an odor resembling smoke he had relied on finding in the atmosphere, and having found it, made a movement of his head in token of satisfaction.
		Fouquet drew a deep sigh, rose from his seat, took three or four turns in his room, and finished by seating himself, with an expression of extreme dejection, upon his magnificent bed with velvet hangings, and costliest lace.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Dumas/Man/Dumas_ManC19P3.htm (716 words)

	Paris DAY-TRIPS : Vaux-le-Vicomte - Nicolas Fouquet - History and Description
		As Voltaire later write : "At six in the evening, Fouquet was king of France, at two the next morning, he was nothing." In a trial that lasted three years, the judges voted narrowly for banishment over death.
		Fouquet was to remain imprisoned at Pignerol, in the french Alps, until his death in 1680.
		Many suspected that Fouquet was the man in the iron mask, including Alexandre Dumas, who fictionalized the story in le Vicomte de Bragelonne.
	www.parisbestlodge.com /vauxlevicomte.html (418 words)

	Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas - Free Online Library
		Fouquet hastened back to his apartment by the subterranean passage, and immediately closed the mirror with the spring.
		Fouquet arose, cast a last look at one of his glasses, went to the door, pushed back the bolt, and Gourville entered.
		Fouquet darted a searching glance at Gourville, and passing before him, -- "That is all very well, let M. l'Abbe Fouquet be introduced," said he to the footman.
	dumas.thefreelibrary.com /Ten-Years-Later/1-55 (1800 words)

	Jean Fouquet (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On a visit to Rome around 1445, Jean Fouquet caused a great sensation when he painted a portrait of Pope Eugenius IV on canvas rather than the more common wood support.
		The momentous result of this sojourn, where he admired the work of the most innovative Italian artists of the 1400s, was that Fouquet introduced concepts and techniques of Italian Renaissance art into French painting.
		Born in Tours, then the seat of the French monarchy, Fouquet worked for King Charles VII and his court.
	www.getty.edu /art/collections/bio/a311-1.html (211 words)

	The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas - The Shadow of M. Fouquet
		Fouquet, almost entirely alone, was being assisted by his _valet de chambre_ to undress, when M. d'Artagnan appeared at the entrance of the room.
		Fouquet colored, and then assuming an air of resignation, he said: "You are right, monsieur; you have taught me a lesson I ought not to have evoked.
		Fouquet rose from his seat, passed his arm round D'Artagnan's neck, and clasped him in a close embrace, whilst with the other hand he pressed his hand.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/IronMask/00000029.htm (4104 words)

	Roger Fouquet - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		By Roger Fouquet and Peter Pearson; Abstract: Concerns about rising energy prices tend to occur in times of economic expansion, to disappear in times of recession.
		Chris Hope, and Roger Fouquet, 2002: Climatic Implications of the Kyoto Protocol: The Contribution of International...
		Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffin fouquet) JPEG 1 03/97, JPEG 2 in...
	roger.faasv.com /index.php?k=roger-fouquet (783 words)

	Roger Fouquet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Fouquet, R. and Gage, H. (1996) The role of screening in reducing invasive cervical cancer registrations in England, Journal of Medical Screening, 4(3), 70-78.
		Fouquet, R. (1995) The impact of VAT introduction on residential energy demand: an investigation using the co-integration approach.
		Fouquet, R. (2000) "Lessons for the United Kingdom from previous experiences in the demand for renewable electricity" in Mackerron, G. and Pearson, P. (eds): The International Energy Experience.
	www.env.ic.ac.uk /research/epmg/RogerCV.html (485 words)

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