{"id":1003,"date":"2021-02-26T16:56:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2021-06-11T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T07:05:38","slug":"tribute-to-lavoisier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/en\/2021\/02\/26\/tribute-to-lavoisier\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Lavoisier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-red-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-gray-color\">Completed in 1978 by Roger Toulouse (1918-1994), a famous artist from Orl\u00e9ans, this sculpture was originally intended for the Antoine Lavoisier school group from Orl\u00e9ans-La Source as part of the<a href=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/en\/2021\/04\/10\/whats-the-artistic-1\/\"> <\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/en\/2021\/04\/10\/whats-the-artistic-1\/\"><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1% Artistic program<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-gray-color\">. In 2020 after several unfortunate events, the sculpture joined the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/en\/2021\/04\/10\/the-artists-behind-the-campus-artworks-2\/\"><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">1% Artistic program of Orl\u00e9ans\u2019 campus<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\"> and placed at the front of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/en\/2021\/02\/25\/ufr-sciences-techniques\/\"><strong><em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">physics-chemistry buildings<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Presentation of the work and reflection of the artist<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">3.70 meters high in total, the sculpture is made up of two steel panels assembled perpendicularly and cut into geometric shapes. One of them, painted in red, represents fire and the chemist Lavoisier, whose head is recognizable by the distinctive facial features (eyes, nose, mouth, ears). The other one, painted in blue, represents copper sulfate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2085\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/hommage-a-lavoiser\/panneau-rouge\/\" class=\"wp-image-2085\" srcset=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-rouge-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2086\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/hommage-a-lavoiser\/panneau-bleu\/\" class=\"wp-image-2086\" srcset=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/panneau-bleu-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>The sculpture \u00ab\u00a0Hommage \u00e0 Lavoisier\u00a0\u00bb at the UFR Sciences, with its red panel on the left and its blue panel on the right (2021 \u00a9 Florent Bourget)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Above the upper parts, six overhanging chemical symbols, painted in dark blue (which are now grey since they were restored in the early 2000s) are distributed as follows: sulphuric acid and air on the red panel &#8211; vitriolic acid, oxides, water vapour and carbon dioxide on the blue panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intent of the sculptor was to highlight the great scientific works of Antoine Laurent Lavoisier who, from 1768 on, undertook to investigate deeper the nature of the four elements considered since antiquity as bearers of a reality inaccessible to scientific analysis, earth, water, air and fire. Three of the four elements included tin the sculpture: air and water, in the state of vapor, in the form of chemical symbols &#8211; fire is symbolically translated by the color red: its importance is underlined by the dominant use of this color on one of the elements of the structure which also depicts the chemist\u2019s silhouette.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using chemical symbols, the sculptor represents the great progress of the scientist tackling acids, oxides and carbon dioxide. Acids are represented by vitriolic acid, according to the old nomenclature, but also according to the new nomenclature. The quotation of copper sulfate, which is symbolized by the green color &#8211; the blue we are seeing today is due to a choice made when the work was restored in the early 2000s, which is paradoxically more scientifically correct-&nbsp; matches the new need for a rational chemical language responding to fundamental rules. Therefore, the blue panel is entirely dedicated to the new chemical symbols &#8211; with the exception of vitriolic acid figured in the medieval alchemy style, which is also the case on the red panel for air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"197\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/hommage-a-lavoiser\/20201020_164505\/\" class=\"wp-image-197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-960x720.jpg 960w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20201020_164505-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Cartel explaining the different symbols on the sculpture (2020 \u00a9 Sophie G\u00e9neau<\/em> <em>de Lamarli\u00e8re)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2089\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/hommage-a-lavoiser\/image-de-presentation\/\" class=\"wp-image-2089\" srcset=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image-de-presentation-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>a visual allowing to identify all the elements on the sculpture<\/em> (2021 <em>\u00a9<\/em> Florent Bourget<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>A sculpture with multiple adventures&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea of the project originated from 1976, when Ren\u00e9 Thinat (1908-1978) &#8211; Orl\u00e9ans\u2019 Mayor since 1971- noticed the complete absence of decorative design for the Lavoisier school group which was open since 1972. As the counterpart for a construction grant from the Pr\u00e9fet was to install an artistic work, he threatened to withdraw it and the City hall was bound to urgently turn to the School of Fine Arts to seek a candidate. In 1977, the first selected project was still not presented by its author, and the city council lost patience. It then decided to entrust this project to Roger Toulouse, a renowned artist who accepted the proposal. He had already carried out numerous public commissions for the city of Orleans and the towns of Loiret, and was passionate about monumental sculpture since the early 1970s, as demonstrated by this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sculpture was initially intended for the Antoine Lavoisier school group of Orl\u00e9ans La-Source and drew criticism from the parents of the pupils from its very installation in 1978 near the nursery and primary schools. They were worried for their children because of the metal work\u2019s angular and pointed forms, and the petitions multiplied for its withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-black-color has-text-color\">The sculpture was then moved to the Floral park at an unknown date, where it suffered great deterioration before it was \u00ab\u00a0rediscovered\u00a0\u00bb in 1989 thanks to the association of Roger Toulouse\u2019 Friends. This association then helped the Orleans City Cultural Affairs Department, which owned the work in the framework of the 1% artistic tax, to restore it in view of a re-installation. In 2000, this project was then entrusted to Daniel Leclercq (1946-2020), an Orl\u00e9ans-based artist. The restauration involved much difficulty, due to the lack of sources available especially concerning the original colors. The work was finally installed in the center of the Parc Floral roundabout at the entrance to La Source, before being once again moved to the entrance to avenue Jean Zay, on the central reservation between the Orleans Theater and rue de la Manufacture. Following a deposit agreement between the town hall and the University of Orl\u00e9ans, the work was then set for at least the next six years within the Sciences UFR of the Faculty of Orl\u00e9ans, in a framework with strong scientific content, which is much more consistent with the meaning of the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-black-color has-text-color\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignfull has-white-color has-red-background-color has-text-color has-background\">To go further&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.culture.gouv.fr\/Aides-demarches\/Dispositifs-specifiques\/Le-1-artistique\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.culture.gouv.fr\/Aides-demarches\/Dispositifs-specifiques\/Le-1-artistique\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-red-color\"><em>What is the 1% Artistic program?<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roger-toulouse.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.roger-toulouse.com\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-red-color\"><em>Consult the website of Roger Toulouse\u2019s Friends, an association that keeps the memory and work of this great artist from Orl\u00e9ans alive<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"travelersmap-container-69d86e1f81ca3\" class=\"travelersmap-container\" style=\"z-index: 1; min-height: 10px; min-width:10px; height:600px;width:100%; max-width:; max-height:; \"><div style=\"position:absolute; z-index:-1;top: 50%;text-align: center;display: block;left: 50%;transform: translate(-50%,-50%);\">Travelers' Map is loading... <br> If you see this after your page is loaded completely, leafletJS files are missing.<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completed in 1978 by Roger Toulouse (1918-1994), a famous artist from Orl\u00e9ans, this sculpture was originally intended for the Antoine Lavoisier school group from Orl\u00e9ans-La Source as part of the<a href=\"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/en\/2021\/02\/26\/tribute-to-lavoisier\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tribute to Lavoisier<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[99],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/master-patrimoine-culturel.fr\/campus-orleans-patrimoine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}