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    Villard de Honnecourt (Wilars dehonecort, Vilars de Honecourt) was a 13th-century artist from Picardy in northern France. He is known to history only...
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  • Honnecourt may refer to: Villard de Honnecourt, 13th century artist from Picardy, France Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, a commune in the Nord department of France...
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    Little Key of Painting' (mappae clavicula). The French inventor Villard de Honnecourt depicts a set of gimbals in his sketchbook (see right). In the early...
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    multiples of 15 degrees ( π / 12 {\displaystyle \pi /12} radians). Villard de Honnecourt's 13th century construction of a Gothic "fifth-point arch" with circular...
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    drawings of late-medieval artist-engineers Guido da Vigevano and Villard de Honnecourt can be viewed as forerunners of later Renaissance artist-engineers...
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  • of his brother-in-law Andrew II of Hungary. It is possible that Villard de Honnecourt also belonged to his entourage. Robert and Andrew made political...
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    Fountain found in Campo San Giacomo, Venice, Italy Sketches by Villard de Honnecourt, c.1230 Engraving of foliate head, Hans Sebald Beham, 1543 One of...
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    drawing of a perpetual motion machine appeared in the sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt, a 13th-century French master mason and architect. The sketchbook...
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  • Sylvia del Villard (1928–1990), Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and choreographer Tom Villard (1953–1994), American actor Villard de Honnecourt (fl.13th-cent...
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    to the massive, outer walls. By the decade of 1160, architects in the Île-de-France region employed similar lateral-support systems that featured longer...
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