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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
'''Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson''' (born [[11 April]] [[1960]]) is an [[English people|English]] broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. He writes weekly columns for ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' and ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'', but is better known for his role on the [[BBC Television|BBC TV]] show ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]''. The show won an International [[Emmy]] in [[2005]].


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
"Not a man given to considered opinion", according to the BBC,<ref>
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</ref> Clarkson is known to be opinionated and forthright in his views. In the ''[[The Daily Mirror|Daily Mirror]]'' of [[9 June]] [[2000]] he was described by [[Tony Parsons (British journalist)|Tony Parsons]] as a "dazzling hero of political incorrectness".<ref>
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== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
''[[The Economist]]'', on the subject of [[road pricing]] in UK, has also described him as a "skillful [[propaganda|propagandist]] for the motoring lobby".<ref>
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* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
==Biography==
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
Born in [[Doncaster]], Clarkson was educated at [[Repton School]], although he claims to have been expelled.<ref>
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
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* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]
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| work = Patrick Keilty, Almost Live - Guest profiles
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| quote = He claims to have been expelled from his public school for drinking, smoking and generally making a nuisance of himself.
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</ref> His first job was as a travelling salesman for his parents' business selling [[Paddington Bear]] toys, after which he trained as a journalist with the ''Rotherham Advertiser''.<ref>[http://www.bbcworld.com/content/template_clickpage.asp?pageid=2231 Jeremy Clarkson] Accessed [[2 August]] [[2006]].</ref>


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
In [[2004]] during an episode of the BBC's ''[[Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', Clarkson was invited to investigate his family history; including the story of his great-great-great grandfather John Kilner (1792&ndash;1857), who invented the [[Kilner jar]]; a receptacle for preserved fruit.<ref>
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Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
In spite of his penchant for fast driving and high performance cars, Clarkson has been reported as having a clean licence.<ref>
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</ref> Nonetheless, he is not reluctant to discuss driving fast: In a [[November 2005]] article in ''The Sunday Times'', Clarkson wrote, while discussing the [[Bugatti Veyron]], "On a recent drive across Europe I desperately wanted to reach the top speed but I ran out of road when the needle hit 240mph", and later, in the same article, "From the wheel of a Veyron, France is the size of a small coconut. I cannot tell you how fast I crossed it the other day. Because you simply wouldn’t believe me".<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Clarkson
| first = Jeremy
| title = Bugatti Veyron - Utterly, stunningly, jaw droppingly brilliant
| publisher = [[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]
| date = [[2007-11-27]]
| url = http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article596580.ece
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Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
==Television career==
===Cars===
Clarkson is most associated with the British motoring programme ''Top Gear'', which he presented from 1989 to 1999, in the programme's [[Top Gear (original format)|original format]], and then again from 2002, when it was relaunched in a [[Top Gear (current format)|new format]] after a brief period off the air. His current co-presenters are [[James May]] and [[Richard Hammond]]. It is now the most watched TV show on [[BBC Two]],<ref>
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| url = http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2007/04/stories/17/1.html
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| quote = ...we finished with 8.6 million people watching the end of the final show. To put that in perspective, it's pretty much twice what a very successful programme could dream of getting on BBC2 or Channel 4. It puts us on level terms with Eastenders.
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</ref>and is also shown in over 100 countries around the world.<ref>
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| quote = It is currently shown in more than 100 countries around the world, and Top Gear magazine is the UK's biggest-selling car magazine.
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</ref> It won an International Emmy in 2005, for the best non-scripted entertainment show that was not broadcast in the United States. Clarkson said: "I didn't attend the awards ceremony because I didn't know that we had won, and I only found out after a 4am text message, whilst I was busy writing the script for the next show....". It then also received a [[National Television Awards|National Television Award]] for best Factual Programme in 2006, defeating the likes of ''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]]'' and ''Bad Lad's Army''.<ref>
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| accessdate = 2007-04-26
| quote = Top Gear, whose presenter Richard Hammond is recovering from an accident while filming, won the factual award.
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Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
Clarkson has periodically released motoring-based videos, such as "Clarkson - Unleashed on Cars".<ref>
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</ref> Over the years, his videos have shown him driving many exotic cars, including a Ford GT40 which had been specially adapted to accommodate taller drivers; Clarkson is 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m). He is also known for destroying his most hated cars in various ways, including catapulting a [[Nissan Sunny]] using a [[trebuchet]], and dropping onto a caravan a [[Porsche 911]] (after plunging a piano onto the bonnet and dousing it in hydrochloric acid, amongst other things).
He has also presented other motoring-related series such as ''Star Cars'', ''Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld'', and ''Jeremy Clarkson's Car Years''.<ref>
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'''Cars Destroyed''':
Porsche 911,
Perodua Kelisa,
Yugo,
Lada,
Morris Marina,
Austin Allegro,
Montego,
Nissan Sunny

===Beyond cars===
Although closely associated with motoring, Clarkson has appeared on and hosted a number of shows on other topics. For three years Clarkson had his own chat show, ''Clarkson'', on which he was most noted for offending the Welsh by placing a 3D plastic map of Wales into a microwave oven and switching it on. He later defended this by saying "I put Wales in there because Scotland wouldn't fit". Similarly, he once removed the USA from a map and renamed the resultant space the 'South Canada Sea'.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200102050015] New Statesman. Accessed [[28 April]] [[2007]].</ref> Clarkson also hosted a six part series, ''Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbours'', in which he took a Jaguar E-type around Europe visiting [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Spain]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and [[Italy]]. The programme explored the stereotypes of each of the countries to see whether or not they were true.<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0768733/] ''Jeremy Clarkson Meets the Neighbors'' at the Internet Movie Database.</ref>

After the dismissal of [[Angus Deayton]], Clarkson was one of a number of guest hosts recruited to present the topical panel show, ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''. He was the first such host never to have previously been a guest of the programme. As of [[13 April]] [[2007]], he has presented the show five times and been a guest once. Clarkson has also appeared as a guest on the BBC series [[QI]] 4 times, 'winning' twice. He also presented an episode of [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]], notable for the absence of long time host [[Mark Lamarr]], featuring guests [[Jim Jeffries (comedian)|Jim Jeffries]], [[Trisha Goddard]], [[Rick Wakeman]], and [[Lee Ryan]], on [[13 August]] [[2006]].

Clarkson has presented a number of shows focused on history. For example, he presented a programme looking at [[Victoria Cross]] winners, in particular focusing on his father-in-law [[Robert Henry Cain]] who won the VC during [[Operation Market Garden]] at [[Arnhem]] in [[World War 2]].<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0407290/] ''The Victoria Cross: For Valous'' at the Internet Movie Database</ref> In 2007 he presented a programme about the [[St. Nazaire Raid]] (also called Operation Chariot), which took place in WWII. A subsequent programme showed how the graphics were created, the highlight being the construction and blowing up of a scale model of the HMS Campbeltown the ship that was used in the raid.<ref>[http://imdb.com/title/tt0996628/] ''Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time'' at the Internet Movie Database.</ref>

In addition to television, Clarkson also had a small role in the UK release of the 2006 [[Disney]] [[Pixar]] movie ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' as the voice of Harv, [[Lightning McQueen]]'s agent. Harv is played by [[Jeremy Piven]] in the North American release.<ref>[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1833026,00.html A formula one from Pixar] The Observer. Accessed [[2 August]] [[2006]].</ref>

==Engineering interests==
Clarkson is passionate about [[engineering]], especially pioneering work, as his television programmes about [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] and the [[Colossus computer]] have shown. Clarkson was awarded an [[honorary degree]] from [[Brunel University]] on [[12 September]] [[2003]], partly because of his work in popularising engineering, and partly because of his advocacy of [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]] in the [[100 Greatest Britons]] programme.<ref>[http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/hongrads/2003/clarkson] Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson at Brunel University. Last accessed 27 April 2007.</ref>

In [[April 2004]] he appeared on the talk show ''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]'' and mentioned that he was writing a book about the [[soul]] he believes many machines have. The book, titled ''[[I Know You Got Soul]]'' was published in [[October 2004]]. He cited [[Air France Flight 4590]] as his primary example: when people heard the plane had crashed, quite aside from the sadness they felt for the loss of human life, there was also almost a sadness for the machine. Clarkson was one of the passengers on the last [[British Airways|BA]] [[Concorde]] flight on [[24 October]] [[2003]]. He paraphrased [[Neil Armstrong]] to describe the retiring of the Concorde: "This is one small step for a man, but one huge leap backwards for mankind".<ref>
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Clarkson owns various cars including a [[Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder]], a [[Mercedes-Benz SL-Class|Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG]], a [[Volvo XC90]], a [[Ford Focus (International)|Ford Focus]], and an ex-military [[Land Rover Defender]], and used to own a Ford GT. His experiences with his [[Ford GT]] are well documented, having had many issues with the satellite tracker/alarm system - he reported that it would tell him the car had been stolen even when he was driving it, among other problems, including the rev limit inexplicably being reset to 600 rpm. As a result of what he called "the most miserable month's motoring possible", he returned it to Ford for a full refund. After a short period, including asking ''Top Gear'' fans for advice over the Internet, he bought back his GT. He has called it "the most unreliable car ever made", due to his never being able to complete a return journey using it.<ref>Top Gear, Season 8, Episode 1 2006.05.07</ref> In the [[October 2006]] edition of ''Top Gear Magazine'' James May stated that Clarkson was looking to purchase a Gallardo Spyder. Clarkson announced at MPH'06 that he had ordered the Gallardo Spyder, with orange seats, and that he sold the Ford GT to make way for it. He has owned many exotic or high performance cars, including a Mercedes SL55 AMG, and a Ferrari F355. He also previously owned a XJ8 Jaguar and bought a BMW Z1 for his wife.<ref>{{cite episode
| title = Top 100 Cars
| episodelink = BBC (current format)
| series = series 1, episode 1
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| airdate = 2001-05-13
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</ref>
<ref>[http://www.askmen.com/men/entertainment_200/222b_jeremy_clarkson.html] ''Jeremy Clarkson'' at AskMen.com. Last accessed 27 April 2007.</ref> He has also owned a [[1970s]] [[Alfa Romeo|Alfa]] [[Alfa Romeo GTV|GTV6]], and has a passion for the marque, declaring famously on ''Top Gear'', "You are not a petrol-head until you've owned an Alfa". In his book ''I Know You Got Soul'' the [[Alfa Romeo|Alfa]] [[Alfa Romeo 166|166]] was one of only three cars classified as having that "special something". Clarkson quotably called the [[Alfa Romeo Brera|Brera]], Alfa's latest sports car, "Cameron Diaz on wheels".<ref>[http://www.autoblog.com/2006/01/28/alfa-romeo-brera-marketing-video-released/] ''Alfa Romeo Brera marketing video released'' at Autoblog. Last accessed 27 April 2007</ref>

His known passion for single- or two-passenger high-velocity transport led to his brief acquisition of an [[English Electric Lightning]] F.1A [[jet fighter]], which was installed in the front garden of his country home. The Lightning was subsequently removed on the orders of the local council, which "wouldn't believe my claim that it was a leaf blower", according to Clarkson on a Tiscali Motoring webchat. In fact, the whole affair was a setup for the programme ''Speed'', and English Electric Lightning XM172 is now back serving as [[gate guardian]] at Booker airfield, [[High Wycombe]].<ref>[http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/survivorspics1.html] ''English Electric Lightning &mdash; Pictures &mdash; Survivors'', last accessed 27 April 2007.</ref>

After winning the challenge between a [[Bugatti Veyron]] and a [[Cessna]] private aeroplane, he pondered and announced that "It's quite a hollow victory really, because I've got to go for the rest of my life knowing that I'll never own that car. I'll never experience that power again."<ref>
{{cite episode
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| series = series 7, episode 5
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| airdate = 2005-12-11
| network = [[BBC Two]]
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</ref>

==Views==
Clarkson is well known for his posturing and deadpan delivery. This frequently includes fairly abrasive and deliberately provocative remarks that have repeatedly been a source of controversy. However, Clarkson has been known to appear to take resultant criticism with humour, e.g. responding to being [[pieing|pied]] with "Great shot!"<ref>''Degree honour Clarkson hit by pie'', BBC News, 12 September 2005.</ref>

===Rover===
One of Clarkson's most infamous dislikes was of the [[United Kingdom|British]] car brand [[Rover (car)|Rover]]. Rover cars were manufactured at [[Austin Motor Company]]'s [[Longbridge plant]]. After BMW pulled out of Longbridge, Rover was bought by the [[Phoenix Consortium]] and the English [[MG (car)|MG]] and [[Rover (car)|Rover]] brands merged becoming the last major British owned and built car manufacturer. Clarkson did reserve some sympathy for the Rover workers left jobless, saying in his ''Sunday Times'' column, "I cannot even get teary and emotional about the demise of the company itself — though I do feel sorry for the workforce."<ref>
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===Vauxhall===
Clarkson is well known for his criticism of [[Vauxhall Motors]].<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Roland
| last = White
| title = Lib Dem MP identifies Clarkson as a global threat
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| date = [[2005-11-06]]
| accessdate = 2007-02-05
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</ref><ref name="AstraSRi">
{{cite news
| first = Jeremy
| last = Clarkson
| title = Vauxhall Astra SRi: Vauxhall, I forgive you (almost) everything
| url = http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-1639718,00.html
| work = [[The Times]]
| publisher = [[News International]]
| date = [[2005-06-05]]
| accessdate= 2007-02-05
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</ref> Clarkson has described Vauxhall's parent company [[General Motors]] as a "pensions and healthcare" company which sees the "car making side of the business as an expensive loss-making nuisance".<ref name="AstraSRi"/>

Clarkson has expressed his disdain of the [[Vauxhall Vectra]], including making what ''[[The Independent]]'' described as a "characteristically clever" film for ''Top Gear'' when the Vectra was launched, which it judged may have damaged its sales.<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Sean
| last = O'Grady
| title = Vroom with a view: The crown prince of petrolheads; Jeremy Clarkson is the self-appointed scourge of the green movement.
| work = The Independent
| date = [[2005-09-13]]
| accessdate = 2007-02-05
| quote = It was a characteristically clever trick, but it didn't do the folks who made that car any favours. The Vectra wasn't the smash hit that Vauxhall hoped it would be.
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</ref> Vauxhall complained to the BBC and announced "we can take criticism but this piece was totally unbalanced".<ref>
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| last= Woodman
| title = Top Gear gives new Vauxhall a second chance
| publisher = The Press Association
| date = [[1995-10-19]]
| accessdate = 2007-02-06
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</ref> He has described it as "One of my least favourite cars in the world. I've always hated it because I've always felt it was designed in a coffee break by people who couldn't care less about cars" and "one of the worst chassis I've ever come across".<ref>
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However, he has expressed his approval of several Vauxhall models; he has been complimentary about the Astra VXR, Astra SRi and the Corsa VXR . Although highlighting that he thinks the VXR torque steers "like an absolute pig" and has poor handling in general,<ref>
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</ref> he has also expressed admiration for its looks, speed and price.<ref>
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</ref> Regarding the SRi he said, "when a car looks this good it can't be bad".<ref name="AstraSRi"/> Of the Monaro VXR he said, "It's like they had a picture of me on their desk and said (Australian accent) 'I'm gonna make that bloke a car'" and "I can't believe it... I've fallen in love... with a Vauxhall!". He later commented that the Vauxhall Monaro VXR should have window wipers on the side windows, as you spend most of your time sideways when driving in the car.<ref>
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}} </ref>Clarkson suffered two [[Spinal disc herniation|slipped discs]] that he attributes to driving this car.<ref>"Vauxhall Monaro VXR
It's back-breakingly marvellous", ''The Sunday Times Online'', 10 July 2005.</ref>

===Perodua Kelisa===
In [[April 2007]] he was criticized in the [[Malaysia]]n parliament for having described one of their cars, the [[Perodua Kelisa]] as the worst in the world, built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes. It was refuted that no complaints were received from UK customers who had purchased the car.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Malaysia lambasts Top Gear host
| work = [[BBC News]]
| publisher =[[bbc.co.uk]]
| date = [[2007-04-04]]
| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6528087.stm
| accessdate =2007-04-23
| quote =In one article, he said its name was like a disease and suggested it was built in jungles by people who wear leaves for shoes.
}}
</ref> The offending remark was shown on one of his video productions, ''Jeremy Clarkson: Heaven and Hell'' (2005),<ref>
{{cite web
| last = McCusker
| first = Eamonn
| title = Clarkson:Heaven and Hell
| publisher = DVD TImes
| date = [[2005-11-09]]
| url = http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59172
| accessdate = 2007-04-21
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</ref> in which he purchases a brand new Kelisa, proceeds to attack it with a sledgehammer as soon as he purchases it from a local dealership, tears it apart with a heavy weight while it is hanged and finally blows it up.

===Anti-American remarks===
Throughout Top Gear, Clarkson has made Anti-American remarks, often stereotyping Americans as fat and dull-witted. For example, in [[September 2005]] Clarkson wrote an editorial for ''The Sun'': "Most Americans barely have the brains to walk on their back legs".<ref>
{{cite web
| last = Biggs
| first = Henry
| title = Top 10: Greatest-ever Jeremy Clarkson moments
| work = MSN Cars UK
| publisher = [[Microsoft]]
| date = [[2005-12-20]]
| url = http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=475259
| accessdate = 2007-02-06
}}
</ref> In addition, when travelling through the U.S. and stopping to fill up with [[gasoline|petrol]], he said "If you're thinking about coming to America, this is what it's like. You've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody is very fat, everybody is very stupid and everybody is very rude. It's not the [[Holiday (TV series)|''Holiday'']] programme, it's the truth!" <ref>Season 9 episode 3 25 minutes into show.</ref> He has also said on ''Top Gear'' when comparing a rural British village with a rural American village that "In rural America, the town would be full of people doing… whatever it is they do. [[Incest]], mostly".<ref>"Top Gear" series 6, episode 11, Ford F-150 Segment, approx 4 minutes into the clip.</ref>

===Allegations of bigotry===
In [[October 1998]] [[Hyundai Motor Company]] complained to the BBC about what they described as "[[Bigotry|bigoted]] and racist" comments he made at the [[Birmingham Motor Show]], where he was reported as saying that the people working on the Hyundai stand had "eaten a dog" (due to the fact that some Koreans are known for their consumption of dogs), and that the designer of the [[Hyundai XG]] had probably eaten a [[spaniel]] for his lunch. He also allegedly referred to those working on the [[BMW]] stand as "[[Nazis]]".<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Clarkson in the doghouse
| work = [[BBC News]]
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| date = [[1998-10-26]]
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/201675.stm
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
}}
</ref>

===Allegations of homophobia===
In [[July 2006]] Clarkson attracted complaints after agreeing with a ''Top Gear'' audience member that a [[Daihatsu Copen|featured car]] was a bit "gay" or "ginger beer" ([[rhyming slang]] for "queer"). The complainants felt that the presenter was using the word [[pejoratively]]. In [[December 2006]] the BBC ruled that his remarks had the potential to offend and should not have been broadcast.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = ECU ruling: Top Gear, BBC Two
| work = BBC Complaints
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| date = [[2006-12-15]]
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/news/2006/12/15/39038.shtml
| accessdate = 2006-12-18
| quote = In this instance there was no editorial purpose which would have served to justify the potential offence, and the complaints were therefore upheld.
}}
</ref>

When presenting a programme about the [[Colossus computer]] Clarkson expressed disdain about [[Alan Turing]] being driven to suicide after being convicted of committing homosexual acts.<ref>
{{cite video
| people =Jeremy Clarkson
| year = 2004
| title = Inventions That Changed The World, Episode 2 - Computer
| accessdate =2004-01-22
| medium =TV
| location =London
| publisher =BBC
}}</ref>

===Celebrities===
From 2000 to 2006 Clarkson had a public feud with [[Piers Morgan]] which began when Morgan published pictures of Clarkson kissing his BBC producer, Elaine Bedel.<ref name="mailmorgan">{{cite news
|title = Piers Morgan: I've made up with Clarkson
|work = [[Mail on Sunday]]
|publisher = [[Associated Newspapers publications|Associated Newspapers]]
|page =35
|date = [[2006-11-12]]
|accessdate = 2007-02-05
}}
</ref> On the final [[Concorde]] flight Clarkson threw a glass of water over Morgan during an argument.<ref name="mailmorgan"/>

In [[March 2004]] at the [[British Press Awards]], he cursed at [[Piers Morgan]] and punched him. Morgan says it has left him with a scar above his left eyebrow.<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Barber
| first = Lynn
| title = I should have been fired years ago, to be honest
| work = [[The Observer]]
| date = [[2005-11-20]]
| url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1644624,00.html
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
}}
</ref> Clarkson has always denied this. In 2006 Morgan revealed that the feud was over, saying "There should always be a moment when you finally down cudgels, kiss and make up."<ref name="mailmorgan"/>

===Top Gear===
In [[February 2004]] while filming ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]'', Clarkson rammed a 30-year-old [[horse chestnut]] tree with a [[Toyota Hilux]] pickup truck to demonstrate how rugged the vehicle was. This led to the BBC having to compensate the local parish council who, until they saw the ''Top Gear'' broadcast, thought that the damage had been caused by local vandals.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = BBC stumps up for tree stunt
| work = [[BBC News]]
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| date = [[2004-02-21]]
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3509191.stm
| accessdate = 2007-04-27
}}
</ref>

In [[1999]], several Members of Parliament criticized ''[[Top Gear (original format)|Top Gear]]'' for being "obsessed with acceleration".<ref name="cnnhammondcrash">[http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/22/hammond.police.reut/index.html TV star out of intensive care] Accessed [[24 September]] [[2006]].</ref> The BBC however has rejected numerous complaints about the show and its presenters, "Were the presenters' comments and pranks carried out with any degree of seriousness, rather than being clearly tongue-in-cheek or adopting the deliberate overstatement that is the programme's trademark, we would of course take issue with them".<ref>
{{cite news
| title = BBC backs 'provocative' Top Gear
| work = [[BBC News]]
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| date = [[2006-08-01]]
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5235334.stm
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
| quote = Viewers who are offended by jokes on motoring show Top Gear must accept such remarks will remain "an integral part of the programme", the BBC has said.
}}
</ref>

Clarkson and his fellow presenters have come under increased scrutiny following [[Richard Hammond]]'s jet-powered car crash in [[September 2006]] Some believed the show might be cancelled.<ref name="cnnhammondcrash" /> Minister of State for Transport, [[Stephen Ladyman]] MP, backed the show, stating of Hammond's crash, "I think it would be really sad if a real tragedy like this one was used to attack an entertainment."<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Gadher
| first = Dipesh
| coauthors = Milne, Jonathan
| title = Road safety minister backs Top Gear daredevils
| work = [[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]
| publisher = [[News International]]
| date = [[2006-09-24]]
| url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article648891.ece
| accessdate = 2006-09-24
}}
</ref>

Clarkson also reacted to an article in the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' by Neil Lydon favouring banning ''Top Gear'' by describing him as a "sanctimonious, rent-a-soundbite little turd".<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Clarkson
| first = Jeremy
| title = Richard is winning his fight
| work = [[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]
| publisher = [[News International]]
| date = [[2006-09-23]]
| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006440317,00.html
| accessdate = 2006-10-19
| quote = (Yes, columnist Neil Lyndon — that’s you, you sanctimonious, rent-a-soundbite little t**d) }}
</ref>

===Political Fame===
Jeremy Clarkson has also attracted a major following on the on internet phenomenon [http://www.facebook.com Facebook], in a group entitled “Jeremy Clarkson should be Prime Minister”, which has more than 94,000 signed up members supporting him.
The group calls for Mr Clarkson to be made the UK Prime Minster, citing him as a dazzling hero of political incorrectness, with a straight talking, no nonsense attitude that could make the UK great once again.
The popularity of the group has also resulted in a petition on the [http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/PMClarkson/ Downing Street E-Petitions] website calling for him to be made Prime Minster, which has attracted over 10,517 signatures from members of the public.
The popularity of the online petitions has been reported in the UK press, with articles in [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/car_page_content/34285.html Auto Trader]magazine, [http://www.newstatesman.com/200705180003 The New Statesman] and [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=clarkson-in-his-prime--&method=full&objectid=19194575&siteid=66633-name_page.html The Daily Record].


===Other===
During the [[13 November]] [[2005]] Top Gear episode, a news segment featuring BMW's Mini Concept from the [[Tokyo Motor Show]] showcased what fellow-presenter [[Richard Hammond]] quoted as a "quintessentially British" integrated [[tea set]]. Clarkson responded by mocking that they should build a car that is "quintessentially German." He suggested indicators that displayed [[Hitler salute]]s, "a [[Satellite navigation system|sat-nav]] that only goes to [[Poland]]" in reference to the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|invasion of Poland]] that marked the start of [[European Theatre of World War II|World War II in Europe]], and "ein fanbelt that will last a thousand years," a reference to [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[propaganda]] slogan of "the thousand-year [[Nazi Germany|Reich]]". These statements drew negative attention in the British news media and from the German Government.<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Hall
| first = Alan
| title = Germans up in arms over Clarkson's mocking Nazi salute
| work = [[The Scotsman]]
| publisher = [[Johnston Press]]
| date = [[2005-12-15]]
| url = http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=2408932005
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
| quote = The German government is said to be highly displeased: diplomats pointed out that, had Clarkson made the Nazi salute on German television, he could be facing six months behind bars as, joking or not, such behaviour is illegal under the country's post-war constitution.
}}
</ref>

[[Image:Clarksonpie1.jpg|right|thumb|Clarkson hit in the face with a pie after receiving his engineering degree]]In 2005, the School of Technology at [[Oxford Brookes University]] awarded him an honorary engineering doctorate, leading to an assault from [[green politics|green protestors]] who objected to his statements about the environment and his advocacy of car use. He has said: "I do have a disregard for the environment. I think the world can look after itself and we should enjoy it as best as we can". After the ceremony, he was hit in the face with a banana-meringue pie by Rebecca Lush of Roadblock.<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Curtis
| first = Polly
| title = Clarkson hit by pie at degree ceremony
| work = [[The Guardian]]
| publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]]
| date = [[2005-09-12]]
| url = http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,1568215,00.html
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
| quote = The controversial BBC motoring presenter Jeremy Clarkson today received an honorary degree from Oxford Brookes University - and a banana meringue pie in the face from an environmental protestor. Mr Clarkson was met by a peaceful demonstration of around 20 activists who objected to his being awarded the degree. During a photocall following the ceremony one campaigner threw the pie, which protestors later claimed was organic, in his face.
}}
</ref> Clarkson took the insult with humour, commented that the pie had too much sugar, and remarked, "Great shot!"<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Rollings
| first = Grant
| title = Clarkson's biggest flans
| work = [[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]
| publisher = [[News International]]
| date = [[2005-09-12]]
| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005420342,00.html
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
| quote = It was a delicious pie, I ate it all. It saved me a trip to the baker’s shop. I am very grateful that I didn’t have to make any lunch... The pie definitely wasn’t organic. And just think how much jet fuel was used flying the banana over here... I told her it was a great shot and then I told her she had used too much sugar in the mix.
}}
</ref> In an editorial he wrote for Top Gear in [[November 2005]], he referred to Lush as "Banana Girl." <ref>
{{cite web
| last = Clarkson
| first = Jeremy
| title = Clarkson's anti-dullness directive
| work = [[Top Gear (magazine)|Top Gear Magazine]]
| publisher = [[BBC Worldwide]]
| date = [[2007-11-07]]
| url = http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/11/stories/05/2.html
| accessdate = 2007-04-12
| quote = Had the Banana Girl who filled my face with pie this month seen me being so reckless, she would have dropped a large boulder on my foot. Or maybe shot me in the heart with an organic gun.
}}
</ref>

Clarkson is one of a few celebrities who have been blamed for poor [[denim]] sales. Louise Foster of ''Draper's Record'', trade magazine to the [[fashion]] industry, is quoted as saying, "For a period in the late Nineties denim became unfashionable. 501s — [[Levi's]] flagship brand — in particular suffered from the so-called 'Jeremy Clarkson effect', the association with men in middle youth."<ref>
{{cite news
| last = Benady
| first =Alex
| title = Shakespeare's Bottom pinched by Levi admen
| publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph]]
| date = [[2005-01-24]]
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/24/nlevi24.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/24/ixnewstop.html
| accessdate = 2006-08-02
}}
</ref> He also received a fashion makeover from fashion gurus [[Trinny Woodall]] and [[Susannah Constantine]] on a celebrity edition of their style series ''[[What Not to Wear]]''.<ref>
{{cite press release
| title = BBC ONE honours the best TV moments from 2002
| publisher = [[bbc.co.uk]]
| date = [[2003-02-01]]
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/02_february/01/tvmoments_2002.shtml
| accessdate = 2007-04-27
| quote = Trinny and Susannah suggest alternatives to Jeremy Clarkson's wardrobe with very little success. Every suggested outfit is "shot down in flames" by Jeremy causing an exasperated Trinny to ask him why he agreed to appear on the programme.
}}
</ref> He had previously been named as one of the world's worst-dressed celebrities by the two [[fashionista]]s.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Worst-Dressed Winners
| work = [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]
| publisher = [[Condé Nast Publications]]
| date = [[2002-08-27]]
| url = http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=3855
| accessdate = 2007-04-27
}}
</ref>

Clarkson had long been noted for his pro-[[tobacco smoking|smoking]] viewpoint, with him even publicly smoking as much as possible on National [[No Smoking Day]]. However, he announced that on [[14 April]] [[2006]] that he had given up smoking. He cited that he had found a cure for the urge - the [[Koenigsegg CCX]]. He also said: "[the cure] is called smoking", in reference to "smoking the tyres".<ref>
{{cite episode
| title = Top Gear
| episodelink = Top Gear (current format)
| series = series 8, episode 1
| serieslink = List of Top Gear episodes#Series 8
| airdate = 2006-05-07
| network = [[BBC Two]]
}}
</ref>

==Works==
===Other motoring shows===
* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld'' 1995-1996
* ''Clarkson's Car Years'' 1999-2001

===Non-motoring shows===
* ''Clarkson'' (1998-2000): A [[chat show]] that ran for three series
* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines'' (1998): where he rode all manner of machines, including a plane, and an airboat.
* ''[[Robot Wars]]'' (1997): Clarkson presented the first series of the UK version
* ''Jeremy Clarkson Meets The Neighbours'' (2002): A notorious eurosceptic, Clarkson travelled around Europe, confronting (and in some cases reinforcing) his prejudices
* ''Speed'' (2001): A series about the history of fast vehicles, including aeroplanes, boats and cars. One episode featured [[Michael Schumacher]] as a special guest.
* ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'': Clarkson has hosted five episodes, the first in 2002, two in 2005, one in 2006 and one in 2007. He also appeared as a guest in 2003
* ''Inventions That Changed the World'' (2004): five episodes featuring the invention of the gun/computer/jet engine/telephone/television from a British point of view
* ''[[Top of the Pops]]'': co-hosted one episode on [[July 24]], [[2005]] with [[Fearne Cotton]].
* ''[[QI]]'': appeared as a guest on four occasions
* ''[[Room 101 (TV series)|Room 101]]'': appeared on this in 1995 when [[Nick Hancock]] was host. Clarkson's choices were [[travel trailer|caravan]]s; [[fly|flies]]; ''[[Last of the Summer Wine|Last Of The Summer Wine]]''; the mentality within [[country club|golf club]]s; and [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]]s
* ''[[Grumpy Old Men (TV series)|Grumpy Old Men]]'' (2003-4): Clarkson appeared alongside his friend, the food critic [[A A Gill]], in a Christmas special and then in the second full season of this series
* ''Jeremy Clarkson: [[Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' (2004): Clarkson traced his family tree for one episode of the popular documentary series
* ''[[Great Britons]]'' : In a poll to find the greatest historical Briton, Clarkson was the chief supporter for [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]], who came second
* ''The Victoria Cross: For Valour'' (2003): Clarkson presented a one-off documentary about the history of the [[Victoria Cross]], highlighting as an example Major [[Robert Henry Cain]] VC - his father-in-law.
* ''Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time'' (2007): Clarkson presented a one-off documentary about [[Operation Chariot]].
* Jeremy is seen driving the car in the music video of Mr. Blobby's Christmas no.1 hit

===Videos/DVDs===
Every year since 1995, Clarkson has released an annual video release (produced by On The Box), covering a specific motoring theme. With the exception of Shootout, it has been a tradition for him to destroy "some kind of awful car" in each release, from blowing up a [[Zastava Koral|Yugo]] with a tank to shooting down a [[Chevrolet Corvette]] with a helicopter gunship, or dismantling a [[Buick LeSabre]] with a [[Bulldozer]].

* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Motorsport Mayhem'' (1995)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Unleashed On Cars'' (1996)
* ''The Best Of Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld'' (1996)
* ''More Motorsport Mayhem Featuring Jeremy Clarkson And Steve Rider'' (1996)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines'' (1997)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Apocalypse Clarkson'' (1997)
* ''The Most Outrageous Jeremy Clarkson Video In The World...Ever'' (1998)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson Head To Head'' (1999)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - At Full Throttle'' (2000)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Top 100 Cars'' (2001)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Speed'' (2001)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - No Limits'' (2002)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Shootout'' (2003)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Hot Metal'' (2004)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - Heaven And Hell'' (2005)
* ''Jeremy Clarkson - The Good The Bad The Ugly'' (2006)

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|2}}

==References==
* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld'' (1996), ISBN 0-563-38730-0
* ''Clarkson on Cars: Writings and Rantings of the BBC's Top Motoring Correspondent'' (1996), ISBN 0-86369-964-2
* ''Clarkson's Hot 100'' (1997), ISBN 1-85227-730-0
* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Planet Dagenham: Drivestyles of the Rich and Famous'' (1998), ISBN 0-233-99335-5
* ''Born to Be Riled: The Collected Writings of Jeremy Clarkson'' (1999) (re-published 2007), ISBN 0-563-55146-1
* ''Jeremy Clarkson's Ultimate Ferrari'' (2001), ISBN 1-84065-358-2
* ''[[The World According To Clarkson]]'' (2004), ISBN 0-7181-4730-8
* ''Clarkson on Cars'' (2004), ISBN 0-14-101788-0
* ''[[I Know You Got Soul]]'' (2004), ISBN 0-7181-4729-4
* ''Motorworld'' (2004), ISBN 0-14-101787-2
* ''The World According to Clarkson 2: And Another Thing...'' (2006), ISBN 0-7181-4985-8


==External links==
==External links==
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*{{imdb name|id=0165087|name=Jeremy Clarkson}}
*[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/ Archive of Clarkson's ''Sunday Times'' columns]
*[http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/760722683?ltl=1116610416/ Petition opposing Clarkson's receiving an honorary degree]
*[http://cars.msn.co.uk/carnews/ttclarksondec05/ Some best bit of Clarkson]
*[http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/jeremy_clarkson/ Clarkson column including his view of Wikipedia]
*[http://www.jeremyclarkson.co.uk www.jeremyclarkson.co.uk] Unofficial fan site

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*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
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*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

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