Louis-Jacques Goussier
Louis-Jacques Goussier (born March 7, 1722 in Paris ; † 1799 there ) was a French mathematician, illustrator , graphic artist and encyclopedist .
Live and act
Coming from a humble background, he first studied humanities, mathematics and philosophy at the free school of the mathematician and philosopher Pierre-André Leguay de Prémontval , where he later became a professor of mathematics. The school was closed in 1744.
In 1751 he married Marie-Anne-Françoise Simmonneau; he had two children with her.
As an autodidact, Goussier made illustrations for Charles Marie de La Condamine ( Calcul des méridiens. (1746)), for Baron Étienne-Claude de Marivetz (1728–1794) ( Géographie Physique du Monde. (1768), Système général, physique et économique de navigations naturelles et artificielles de l'intérieur de la France et de leurs coordinations avec les routes de terre. (1788)) and Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière ( Encyclopédie méthodique des manufactures, arts et métiers. (1789)).
In 1792 he was employed in the technical department of arts and crafts (division technique des arts et métiers) by the Ministry of the Interior (ministère de l'Intérieur) and in 1794 in the arms and armaments section (section armes et armements) by the welfare committee ( Comité de salut public). In the same year he published a collection of images of machines and art tools on behalf of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers .
In 1747 he was won over by Jean le Rond d'Alembert for the Encyclopédie . He devoted himself to this task for almost a quarter of a century. To this end, he also undertook several extensive trips within France, for example to Burgundy , Champagne or the Loire, to visit local handicrafts, such as paper mills, iron foundries or musical instrument makers, and to document them graphically.
Denis Diderot initially asked Goussier to revise existing illustrations. Later more than 900 graphics and copperplate engravings were made by him, that is almost a third of the total work of 2885 engravings.
Images (selection)
- 1746 : for La Condamine, Calcul des méridiens
- 1747 : for Diderot, Encyclopédie
- 1768 : for Marivetz, Géographie Physique du Monde
- 1788 : for Marivetz, Système général, physique et économique de navigations naturelles et artificielles de l'intérieur de la France et de leurs coordinations avec les routes de terre
- 1789 : for La Platière, Encyclopédie méthodique des manufactures, arts et métiers
- 1794 : for Division technique des arts et métiers, Dessins de Machines et Instruments des Arts
literature
- Beaurepaire Pierre-Yves: La France des Lumières 1715–1789. Histoire de France. Belin 2011, ISBN 978-2-7011-3365-2
- Bent Sørensen; Madeleine Pinault Sørensen: Recherches sur un graveur de l'Encyclopédie: Defendet. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1993) Volume 15 Numéro 15 pp. 97–112, online
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank A. Kafker: Notices sur les auteurs of dix-sept volumes de "discours" de l'Encyclopédie. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année 1989 Volume 7 Numéro 7 p. 142
- ↑ Britannica website, in French ( Memento of the original from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Blom, Philipp: The reasonable monster. Diderot, D´Alembert, De Jaucourt and the Great Encyclopedia. Eichborn Verlag Frankfurt a / M. 2005 ISBN 3-8218-4553-8 , p. 346
- ↑ Articles attribués à Goussier dans l'Encyclopédie. ARTFL Encycolopédie Project, Articles de l'Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert, online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goussier, Louis-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician, philosopher and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1799 |
| Place of death | Paris |