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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

Ugolin et ses fils - Ugolino and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art)[[1]] with versions in other museums including the Musée d'Orsay
The Dance (commissioned for the Opera Garnier)
Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - Neapolitan Fisherboy - in the Louvre, Paris [[2]]
Girl with Shell
Antoine Watteau monument, Valenciennes

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.

External links

A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)
A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French; it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
A page analysing Carpeaux's Ugolino, with numerous illustrations

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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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+[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|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 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.
-{{Infobox television|
-| show_name = 2 Stupid Dogs (1993)
-| image = [[Image:2stupid.jpg|230px]]
-| caption =
-| format = [[Animated television series]]
-| runtime = 30 Minutes
-| creator = [[Donovan Cook]]
-| starring = [[Brad Garrett]] <br> [[Mark Schiff]] <br> [[Jess Harnell]] <br> [[Jim Cummings]] <br> [[Tony Jay]] <br> among several guest voices.
-| country = {{USA}}
-| network = [[TBS Superstation]]
-| first_aired = [[September 18]], [[1993]]
-| last_aired = [[January 21]], [[1995]]
-| imdb_id = 0105928
-| tv_com_id = 3876
-| num_episodes = 39
-}}
-'''''2 Stupid Dogs''''' was an [[United States|American]] [[animated television series]] created by [[Donovan Cook]] and produced by [[Cartoon Network Studios|Hanna-Barbera Cartoons]] that ran from September [[1993]] to January [[1995]] on [[TBS Superstation]]. After it was cancelled, [[reruns]] continued to air on [[Cartoon Network]] until [[June 14]], [[2003]] and currently airs on  [[Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]].
+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.
-The main segments of the show featured two dogs, both of whom went unnamed (though the big dog was called 'Jonathan' in one episode and 'Johnny' in another). The big dog was voiced by [[Brad Garrett]], and the little dog was voiced by [[Mark Schiff]]. A back-up segment, ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', featured a modernized take on the Hanna-Barbera character [[Secret Squirrel]].
+== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
-==Plot==
-''2 Stupid Dogs'' was a cartoon about a stupid dog and another stupid dog, with an animation style that was unusual (at the time); a very flat, simplistic style similar to early [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons of the [[1950s]] and [[1960s|60s]], with early [[1990s]] humor and sensibility.
+* 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]]
-==Production==
+* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
-''2 Stupid Dogs'' was the beginning of the successful revival of Hanna-Barbera's fortunes, since the studio had not launched a bona fide hit since ''[[The Smurfs]]'' in 1981. Turner Entertainment president installed [[MTV]] and [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] branding veteran [[Fred Seibert]] as the head of production. Seibert's plan to reinvent the studio was to put his faith in the talent community, a first for television animation, and HB in particular. His first pitch and first series put into production in 1992 was ''2 Stupid Dogs'', by recent [[California Institute of the Arts]] (CalArts) graduate Donovan Cook. The show was considered by some to be Hanna-Barbera's attempt to cash in on the popularity of ''[[Ren and Stimpy]]'', which was at the height of its popularity when ''2 Stupid Dogs'' hit the air. ''Ren and Stimpy'' creator [[John Kricfalusi]] was credited to adding "tidbits of poor taste" to the three Little Red Riding Hood episodes, and a few other [[Spumco]] artists also contributed to selected episodes during the course of the show.
+* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
+* Girl with Shell
+* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]
+==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
-Several artists and directors from the show became the first creators in Seibert's innovative ''[[What-A-Cartoon!]]'' program; 48 theatrical length, original character cartoons, made expressly for the Cartoon Network, and designed to find the talent and hits of the new generations. ''2 Stupid Dogs'' spawned creators [[Genndy Tartakovsky]] (''[[Dexter's Laboratory]] and [[Samurai Jack]]''), [[Craig McCracken]] (''[[The Powerpuff Girls]] and [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''), Miles Thompson, Paul Rudish, and Zac Moncrief. Many of their shorts were imparted with the same strikingly two-dimensional, purposefully cartoony animation style.
+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.]]
-===Running Gags===
-[[Running gags]] on the series include:
-*Whenever the big dog throws up or coughs something up, it is usually followed by an apparently undigested [[corn on the cob]]. Corn also has other appearances elsewhere in other episodes.
-*When the little dog gets excited a signature tune plays, and he jumps around dancing half-singing an improvised song with a poorly thought rhyme.
-*When the little dog eats something disgusting, he says "This tastes like ca-ca!'. 'Ca-ca', 'caca', 'kaka' is a Spanish, Portuguese, French, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian informal word for excrement.
-*The little dog usually is scared by a cat, and the big dog scares the cat. The little dog and the cat both freeze or faint.  The cat (and at times the little dog) makes a girlish scream upon hearing the big dog give an unenthusiastic bark (or simply the word "woof") before freezing in place. The cat will make a sound similar to tapping on glass when it falls.
-*When the little dog is singing and dancing or is on some sort of roll, the big dog instantly changes his mood by simply saying "Where's the food"?
-*Hollywood says "Ain't that cute? BUT IT'S WRONG!" in his appearances
-*The little dog's [[catch phrase]] was "When Do We Eat?"
+Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
-==Characters==
-The title characters were never named. They were referred to as simply "The Big Dog" and "The Little Dog" in the end credits.  It seemed that the big dog is a bit stronger and more clever than the little dog.  (The big dog most of the time seemed more aloof and unconcerned about his surroundings than actually stupid). In several episodes the big dog succeeds in playing tricks on the little dog or figuring out the correct way to do something.
+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]].
-*A big loud, fat man calling himself '''Mr. H''' (but credited as "Hollywood"), who likes to point out others' mistakes in a pseudo-alternative way:  ''"Well isn't that cute... BUT IT'S '''WROOOOOONG'''!!"'' ('wrong' is always accompanied by the sound of a foghorn.) The credited name "Hollywood" may be a reference to his numerous appearances in various roles and occupations, including a construction foreman, actor, casino manager, and so forth.
-* The short-sighted '''Red''' (voiced by [[Nancy Cartwright]]), a Little Red Riding Hood clone (sort of) whose bad eyesight causes many mishaps on the way to her grandmother's house, as well as other adventures (which are always parodies of other fairy tales). She had a habit of loudly exclaiming seemingly random words in her sentences while speaking. An interesting aspect is the [[Star Wars]] inspired use of the titles of the two "sequels" to "Red", the first being "Red Strikes Back" ([[The Empire Strikes Back]]) and the second being "Return of Red" ([[Return of the Jedi]]). In all of the "Red" episodes of 2 Stupid Dogs, "Red" "la-la's" the [[Tchaikovsky]]`s [[1812 Overture]] on the way to "Grandma's house".
-* A geeky boy named '''Kenny Fowler''' who fell in love with a beautiful girl in his class, but is often misguided by the "doggies!", and is followed by the catch-line "What a fouler!" by the class bully, usually after he faints because of the stress.
-* A pretty girl named '''Buffy Ziegenhagen''', whom Kenny is in love with.
-* A fat geeky adolescent named '''Cubby''' (voiced by [[Rob Paulsen]]), usually appearing as a clerk at several stores during the show.
-* Tiny cute '''cat''', whose appearance causes the little dog to scream "CAAAAAAT!" and run for cover, and the big dog to just simply say "WOOF!", in most cases causing the cat to shriek, and fall over stunned, making the sound of tapping glass when it falls over.
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-* [http://www.geocities.com/ghost1_1340/2sdpetition.html Petition to Release 2 Stupid Dogs on DVD]
-* [http://www.toontracker.com/2stupid/2stupiddogs.htm Toon Tracker: 2 Stupid Dogs]
+*[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.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
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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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