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'''Dominick Dunne''' (born [[October 29]], [[1925]], in [[Hartford, Connecticut]]) is an American [[writer]] and [[investigative journalist]] whose subjects frequently hinge on the ways high society interacts with the [[judiciary]] system. He was a producer in Hollywood and is also known from his frequent appearances on television. He is the older brother of [[John Gregory Dunne]], an [[United States|American]] novelist, screenwriter and literary critic, who was the husband of author [[Joan Didion]].
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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.
After Dominick's studies at [[Williams College]] and service in [[World War II]], including the battle of [[Metz]], he moved to New York, then to [[Hollywood]], where he directed ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' and became vice president of [[Four Star Pictures]]. He hobnobbed with the rich and the famous of those days. In 1979, he left Hollywood, moved to [[Oregon]], and wrote his first book, ''The Winners''. In November 1982, his actress daughter, [[Dominique Dunne]], was murdered. Dunne attended the trial of her murderer ([[John Thomas Sweeney]]) and subsequently wrote ''Justice: A Father's Account of the Trial of his Daughter's Killer''.


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.
This poignant report showed his ability to penetrate the outward screen of the court proceedings giving insights into the complex stories of victims and perpetrators and the curious working of the law. He went on to write articles for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', books, and eventually issued a TV series, [http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/dunne/ ''Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice''] on [[CourtTV]] to dissect justice and injustice at their intersection with the activities of celebrities. Famous trials he covered include those of [[O.J. Simpson]], [[Claus von Bulow]], [[Michael Skakel]], [[William Kennedy Smith]], and the [[Menendez brothers]].


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
In 2005, [[Gary Condit]] won an undisclosed amount of money and an apology from Dunne, who had earlier implicated him in the disappearance of [[Chandra Levy]]. In November 2006, he was sued again by Condit for comments made about the former politician on ''[[Larry King Live]]'' on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/20061115-125353-1692r/|title=Gary Condit suing Dominick Dunne again|publisher=United Press International|date=2006-11-15|accessdate=2007-03-31}}</ref>


* 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]]
Today, Dunne lives in Connecticut. While it was rumored in early 2006 that he intended to cease writing for ''[[Vanity Fair magazine|Vanity Fair]]'' magazine, Dunne stated the opposite in an February 4, 2006, interview with [[talk show]] host [[Larry King]]. "Oh, I am at ''Vanity Fair''. I'll be in the next issue and the issue after that. We went through, you know, a difficult period. That happens in long relationships and, you know, you either work your way through them or you get a divorce. And I didn't want a divorce and we've worked our way through and Graydon ([[E. Graydon Carter]]) and I are close and he's a great editor and I'm thrilled to be there."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/04/lkl.01.html|title=Transcripts: CNN Larry King Live|publisher=CNN.com|date=2006-02-04|accessdate=2007-03-31}}</ref>
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
* 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==
Dunne's family includes his son [[Griffin Dunne]], and the aforementioned Dominique Dunne, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion.


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.]]
==Creative works==
===Novels===
*''The Winners'' (1982)
*''[[The Two Mrs Grenvilles]]'' (1985)
*''People Like Us'' (1988)
*''[[An Inconvenient Woman]]'' (1990)
*''A Season in Purgatory'' (1993)
*''Another City Not My Own: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir'' (1997)


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
===Nonfiction books===
*''The Way We Lived Then: The Recollections of a Well-known Name Dropper'' (1999)
*''Justice: Crimes, Trials, And Punishments'' (2001)


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]].
===Collections===
*''[[Fatal Charms: And Other Tales of Today]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Mansions of Limbo]]''


===Films===
==External links==
*''[[The Boys in the Band]]'' (as [[executive producer]])
*''[[The Panic in Needle Park]]'' (as [[Film producer|producer]])


*[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)]
===TV Series===
*[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)
*''[[Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice]]''
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]

===Celebrity journalism and photographs===
Dunne has frequently socialized with, authored journalism about, and been photographed with celebrities. A [[Salon.com]] review of his memoir, ''The Way We Lived Then'', recounted how Dunne appeared at a wedding reception for [[Dennis Hopper]]. Sean Elder, the author of the review, wrote: "But in the midst of it all there was one man who was getting what ceramic artist Ron Nagle would call 'the full cheese,' one guy everyone gravitated toward and paid obeisance to." That individual was Dunne, who mixed easily with artists, actors and writers present at the function. The final line of the review quoted Dennis Hopper about Dunne: "I wish I had a picture of myself with [[Allen Ginsberg]] and [[Norman Mailer]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/media/feature/1999/10/13/dunne/index.html|title=A Dunne deal|author=Sean Elder|date=1999-10-13|publisher=Salon.com|accessdate=2007-03-31}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.show_prod&book_id=55584&prod_id=96960 Dominick Dunne's Self-narrated Audiobook, ''Justice'' (Recorded Books, LLC 2001)]
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*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7186075/ Condit settlement]
*[http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/dunne/ ''Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege, and Justice'']


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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.

External links

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