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Charles Blanc

1813 - 1882

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Charles Blanc (17 November 1813, Castres (Tarn) – 17 January 1882, Paris) was a French art critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Blanc has received more than 53,293 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Blanc is the 3,045th most popular writer (down from 2,992nd in 2019), the 3,192nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,083rd in 2019) and the 400th most popular French Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

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  • 52.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The masterpieces of Italian art illustrated
Artists, Biography, Italian Art
1880
Art dans la parure
Clothing and dress, Decoration and ornament, Fashion and art
1800
Grammaire des arts décoratifs
Decoration and ornament, Decorative arts, Interior decoration
1882
Grammaire des arts du dessin
Accessible book, Architecture, Art
1870
Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles
Painters, Portraits, History
1861
De Paris à Venise
Description and travel
1857

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles Blanc ranks 3,045 out of 7,302. Before him are Sergey Solovyov, Francisco Balagtas, Vydūnas, Anyte of Tegea, Dmitry Pisarev, and Theodor Kallifatides. After him are Yury Vlasov, Hamnet Shakespeare, Jens Fink-Jensen, José María Arguedas, Azalais de Porcairagues, and Nikolay Nosov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Charles Blanc ranks 41. Before him are William Smith, Adolph Kolping, Alexander Parkes, Thomas Andrews, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, and Carl Jaenisch. After him are Jacob Georg Agardh, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Stephen Heller, József Eötvös, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Moritz Wagner. Among people deceased in 1882, Charles Blanc ranks 47. Before him are Charles J. Guiteau, Friedrich von Lütke, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, François-Auguste Biard, Auguste Barbier, and Ferdinand Reich. After him are Joseph Decaisne, John William Draper, Johann Benedict Listing, Đuro Daničić, Giovanni Lanza, and Carl Robert Jakobson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Blanc ranks 3,192 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Guillou (1930), J. F. Oberlin (1740), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), Samir Nasri (1987), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), and Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767). After him are Jacques Marquette (1637), Suzanne Flon (1918), Gustave Schlumberger (1844), Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel (1727), Alain Bombard (1924), and Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Charles Blanc ranks 400. Before him are Auguste Barbier (1805), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Vincent Voiture (1597), Thomas of Britain (1200), Michel Ocelot (1943), and Henri Meilhac (1831). After him are Joseph Joffo (1931), Jean Astruc (1684), Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Sylvain Maréchal (1750), and Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961).

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