Camille Enlart (22 November 1862 – 14 February 1927) was a French
archaeologist and
art historian. His areas of special interest were the Middle Ages and photography.
Biography
Enlart initially learned painting at the
Beaux-Arts de Paris, then studied Law at the
École Nationale des Chartes
The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...
in 1885–1889. In 1893, he was appointed as assistant librarian at the
École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centur ...
after a two-year trip to Italy. Between 1894 and 1899, he was deputy to
Robert de Lasteyrie at the École Nationale des Chartes. He taught medieval archeology at the
École Spéciale d'Architecture and the
École du Louvre
The École du Louvre is an institution of higher education and grande école located in the Aile de Flore of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the study of archaeology, art history, anthropology and epigraphy.
Admission is ...
. In 1903, he became director of the
Musée national des Monuments Français
The Musée national des Monuments Français ( en, National Museum of French Monuments) is today a museum of plaster casts of French monuments located in the Palais de Chaillot, 1, place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, Paris, France. It now for ...
; he held this position until his death.
Publications
* ''Monuments religieux de l'architecture romane dans les diocèses d'Amiens'', d'Arras et de Thérouanne. Positions de thèse. Paris : École des chartes, 1889.
* ''Origines de l'architecture gothique en Italie''. Paris: Bibliothèque des Écoles françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, 1894.
*
L'art gothique et la renaissance en Chypre : illustré de 34 planches et de 421 figures'. Paris, 1899.
* ''Manuel d'archéologie française, depuis les temps reculés jusqu'à la Renaissance.
T. I : Architecture religieuse''. Paris : Picard, 1902, 816
e éd. augm. : Paris, 1919–1920, 938 p. ; ''
t. II : Architecture civile et militaire''. Paris: Picard, 1904, 856
e éd. augm. : ''Architecture civile''. Paris : Picard, 1929. ''Architecture militaire'', Paris : Picard, 1932 ;
t. III : Costumes. Paris : Picard, 1916, 856 p.
* '' La Renaissance en France, l'Architecture et la Décoration''. Paris : Editions Albert Morancé, Series 1 - approx. 1913, Series 2 - 1921.
* ''Hôtel et beffrois du nord de la France : Moyen Âge et Renaissance''. Paris : H. Laurens, 1919, 64 p.
* ''Villes mortes du Moyen Âge''. Paris : É. de Boccard, 1920, 164 p.
* ''Les Monuments des Croisés dans le Royaume de Jérusalem'' ; préf. de
Paul Léon
Paul Léon (2 October 1874 – 1 August 1962) was a French art professor and historiographer.
Biography
He spent his childhood in Vosges, where his family originated. He attended college in Épinal. After receiving his baccalauréat, he continue ...
. Paris, 1925–1929, 2 vol.
* ''Manuel d'archéologie: la Renaissance en France, architecture et sculpture''. Paris, ouvrage posthume, 1928.
* ''Histoire de l'art depuis les premiers temps chrétiens jusqu'à nos jours''. Collab. de Camille Enlart et al., André Michel, dir., ouvrage posthume. Paris: A. Colin, 1929.
Awards
*1910: Knight of the
Legion of Honor
Photography
Hôpital Saint-Jean d'Angers Enlart.jpg, Hôpital Saint-Jean d'Angers
La vasque de l'abbaye de Daoulas (Camille Enlart).jpg, Daoulas at the start of the 20th century
References
Bibliography
* Claude Seiller, Jacques Thiébaut, ''Collection Camille Enlart : Boulogne-sur-Mer, musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Exposition du 26 juin au 30 octobre 1977'', Ed. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, 1977.
External links
La Renaissance en France; l'Architecture et la Décoration, Série I, Vol. 1 approx. 1913Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Digital Library.
1862 births
1927 deaths
People from Boulogne-sur-Mer
French archaeologists
French art historians
École du Louvre alumni
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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