VirginiaHuguenot
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One feature of the Huguenot movement in France was that it included an extremely large proportion of artisans and craftsmen. This worked do France's disadvantage when Huguenots were forced out of the country before and after the 1685 Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (ie., Huguenot Diaspora). But it was to the advantage of the rest of the world wherever Huguenots settled and brought their talents and skills.
Some comments from the most well-known of French Huguenots on art:
"œAll arts proceed from God and ought to be held as divine interventions" -- John Calvin
"œSculpture and painting are gifts of God" -- John Calvin
"œAmong other things adapted for men´s recreation and giving them pleasure, music is either the foremost, or one of the principal; and we must esteem it a gift of God designed for that purpose" -- John Calvin
Some famous French Huguenot artists, whose works may still be seen today in museums or books, include the following:
Jacques La Moyne (1533 - 1588) -- Artist (the first European artist to draw pictures of places, people and things in the New World) -- http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/photos/native/lemoyne/lemoyne.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0921316.html
Bernard Palissy (1509 - 1590) -- Potter, painter -- http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a867-1.html
Paul Revere (1735 - 1818) -- Silversmith -- http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa467.htm
Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751) -- Craftsman -- http://www.rauantiques.com/Articles.asp?ArticleID=28
Huguenot Silvermaking in England (1680 - 1760) -- http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/1999/09/18/25949.html
http://www.christopherhartop.com/huguenot.html
Music
Clement Marot (1496 - 1544) & Louis Bourgeois (1510 - 1561) -- Poets, Composers -- http://spindleworks.com/library/deddens/psalmOrigins.htm
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/o/u/bourgeois_l.htm
http://www.redeemer.on.ca/academics/polisci/psalter.html
And sometimes, the Huguenots just inspired good art:
http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/millais/paintings/huguenot.html
[Edited on 15-1-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]
Some comments from the most well-known of French Huguenots on art:
"œAll arts proceed from God and ought to be held as divine interventions" -- John Calvin
"œSculpture and painting are gifts of God" -- John Calvin
"œAmong other things adapted for men´s recreation and giving them pleasure, music is either the foremost, or one of the principal; and we must esteem it a gift of God designed for that purpose" -- John Calvin
Some famous French Huguenot artists, whose works may still be seen today in museums or books, include the following:
Jacques La Moyne (1533 - 1588) -- Artist (the first European artist to draw pictures of places, people and things in the New World) -- http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/photos/native/lemoyne/lemoyne.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0921316.html
Bernard Palissy (1509 - 1590) -- Potter, painter -- http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a867-1.html
Paul Revere (1735 - 1818) -- Silversmith -- http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa467.htm
Paul de Lamerie (1688 - 1751) -- Craftsman -- http://www.rauantiques.com/Articles.asp?ArticleID=28
Huguenot Silvermaking in England (1680 - 1760) -- http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/1999/09/18/25949.html
http://www.christopherhartop.com/huguenot.html
Music
Clement Marot (1496 - 1544) & Louis Bourgeois (1510 - 1561) -- Poets, Composers -- http://spindleworks.com/library/deddens/psalmOrigins.htm
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/o/u/bourgeois_l.htm
http://www.redeemer.on.ca/academics/polisci/psalter.html
And sometimes, the Huguenots just inspired good art:
http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/millais/paintings/huguenot.html
[Edited on 15-1-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]