Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris

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Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris is a major 19th-century mural cycle in the Panthéon created by French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, renowned for its allegorical and symbolist style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century artwork
mural cycle
public art
artForm mural painting
artisticSchool French painting
associatedWith French Third Republic
secularization of the Panthéon
category Murals in Paris
Works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
commissionedBy France
surface form: French state
commissionedFor Panthéon, Paris
country France
creator Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
depicts French national identity
allegorical figures
history of France
patriotic themes
religious themes
virtues such as faith and patriotism
function national commemoration
religious commemoration
genre allegorical painting
hasPart Saint Geneviève Watching over Paris
Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Apotheosis of Saint Geneviève

The Childhood of Saint Geneviève
The Childhood of Saint Geneviève
surface form: The Youth of Saint Geneviève
heritageDesignation part of a monument historique (Panthéon, Paris)
influenced later French public mural decoration
influencedBy Christian iconography
classical mural traditions
languageOfWork French
location Panthéon, Paris
locationCity Paris
locationCountry France
mainSubject Saint Genevieve
surface form: Saint Geneviève

patron saints of Paris
materialUsed oil on canvas (marouflage)
movement Academic art
Symbolism
partOf interior decoration of the Panthéon, Paris
setting nave of the Panthéon, Paris
significance key monument of French Symbolist mural painting
major work of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
style allegorical
symbolist
timePeriod 19th century

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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes notableWork Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris
Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris hasPart Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Apotheosis of Saint Geneviève