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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]]
-{{Infobox CVG
+[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
-|title = World Heroes
+{{Commonscat}}
-|image = [[Image:WorldHeroesTitle.jpg|250px|World Heroes]]
-|caption=World Heroes
-|developer = [[Alpha Denshi]], [[SNK Playmore|SNK]]
-|publisher = [[Sega]], [[Sunsoft]], [[Takara]], [[Hudson Soft]]
-|designer =
-|release = US [[1992]], [[1993]], [[1994]], [[1995]]
-|platforms= [[Arcade Game]], [[Sega Mega Drive]], [[TurboGrafx-16]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], [[Game Boy]], [[Sega Saturn]]
-|genre = [[Versus fighting game]]
-|modes = [[Single player]], 2 player [[Competitive]]
-|cpu=
-|sound=1xYM-2610
-|cabinet=Horizontal
-|display=[[Raster graphics|Raster]] 304 x 224
-|input = 8-way [[Joystick]], 3 [[Button (control)|Buttons]]
-}}
+'''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.
-'''''World Heroes''''' is a [[versus fighting game|fighting game]] series that was created by [[Alpha Denshi|ADK]] for the [[Neo Geo (console)|Neo-Geo]], though some of the games in the series were also ported to the [[Sega Saturn]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], [[Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis]] and [[Game Boy]]. The general premise was that a scientist, Dr. Brown, having perfected a [[time travel]] machine, organized a tournament for various fighters throughout all of history to combat each other. True to this plot, many of the fighters are based on actual historical figures.
+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.
-==Gameplay==
-The game plays like many other fighting games, but instead of a 6-button layout, the original ''World Heroes'' uses only 3 of the standard 4 Neo-Geo buttons: one for punching, another for kicking, and the last for throwing. The former two buttons can be held pressed longer in order to deliver stronger attacks  which is similar to the first ''[[Street Fighter (video game)|Street Fighter]]'' control scheme, only there are only 2 levels of strength here and it uses standard buttons instead of pneumatic buttons. In the SNES versions (and later games, starting with ''World Heroes 2 Jet''), it is possible to assign the 4 basic attacks to different buttons. In ''World Heroes Perfect'', each character had a traditional four-button attack layout, but could also achieve stronger attacks by pushing down two respective punch or kick buttons at the same time.
+== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
-In ''World Heroes Perfect'', every character has an ABC Special Move that can be activated by pressing the A, B, and C buttons at the same time. Moves vary by character, though they all require strategic use and are easy to activate, allowing for more tactical battles. For example, the character Fuuma's ABC Special allows him to fake a special move; J. Max's ABC Special allows him to catch, hold onto, and throw back projectiles; and Kim Dragon's ABC Special allows him to perform counters while blocking.
+* 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]]
-Aside from the normal tournament mode, there is also a popular Deathmatch mode (which was removed in ''World Heroes 2 Jet'' and ''World Heroes Perfect''). In it, the arenas are filled with different kinds of traps that can change conditions in the bouts or even damage the characters (such as spikes, bombs, greasy or sticky floors, etc.).  Deathmatch mode might have been inspired by the growing popularity of [[Hardcore wrestling|deathmatch]] style [[professional wrestling]] in [[Japan]] at the time, mostly made famous by [[Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]].
+* 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==
-==Marketplace==
-Created during the years when ''[[Street Fighter II]]'' was at its peak in popularity, many dismissed ''World Heroes'' as another generic "''SF'' clone." Though it has some unique concepts, the clunky controls and its "ripoff" reputation harmed sales. Due to this, the series was discontinued with ''World Heroes Perfect'', although it has received a [[cult following]], mainly around the Neo Geo fans.
+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.]]
-Since ''World Heroes Perfect'', ADK games has gone out of business and all intellectual properties and copyrights to the games and characters have passed to [[SNK Playmore]]. Some ''World Heroes'' characters returned in the fighting game ''[[NeoGeo Battle Coliseum]]'' as a result.
+Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
-==Games==
-* ''World Heroes'' (1992)
-:Originally released for Neo-Geo.  Also ported onto Sega Genesis and SNES by [[Sega]] and [[Sunsoft]], respectively.
-* ''World Heroes 2'' (1993)
-:Originally released for Neo-Geo.  Also ported onto SNES and [[TurboGrafx CD]] by [[Takara]] and [[Hudson Soft]], respectively.
-* ''World Heroes 2 Jet'' (1994)
-:Originally released for Neo-Geo.  Also ported onto Game Boy by Takara.
-* ''World Heroes Perfect'' (1995)
-:Originally released for Neo-Geo.  Also ported onto [[Sega Saturn]]. This game was never released outside of Japan and Brazil.
+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]].
-==Characters==
-This section lists the characters in the original game, and characters added or removed in subsequent releases.
-===World Heroes===
-*Hanzou Hattori
-{{nihongo|'''Hanzou Hattori'''|服部　半蔵}} is considered the main character and uses many moves similar to [[Ryu (Street Fighter)|Ryu]] from ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series which is a common occurrence in fighting games. Hanzo also appeared in ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'' as a playable character. He is based on the historical person of the same name.
-*Kotaro Fuuma
-He is considered the rival of the main character [[Hanzou Hattori (World Heroes character)|Hanzo Hattori]] and as such they both share many similar moves (albeit using different names) which is a common occurrence in fighting games. In addition Fuuma also appeared in both ''[[Aggressors of Dark Kombat]]'' and ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'' as a playable character. He is based on the actual Kotaru Fuuma who was allegedly the one that killed the real life Hanzou.
-*Rasputin
-A [[philosophy|philosopher]] of the XIII [[Russia]], was also a known [[Alchemy|alchemist]] and [[sorcerer]]. He discovered a way to expand his fists and feet so he could fight at distance. Accepted to fight [[Geegus]] because he saw Geegus as a Dark Angel. He keeps pleading that loving one another is important and won't give into people who don't listen to his constant persuasion. He is based loosely on the actual person with the same name.
-*Janne D'Arc
-{{nihongo|'''Janne D'Arc'''|ジャンヌ・ダルク}} is a XV century feminist, who protects the circus who raised her, proved to be one of the toughest fencers of her time. Accepted the invitation to defeat Geegus, only to prove that women are tougher than men. She puts all her worries about getting married into her blows. She is loosely based on [[Jeanne d'Arc]].
-*Julius Carn
-One of the top officers and personal bodyguard of [[Genghis Khan]], was fierce and merciless in hand-to-hand combat. He joined the World Heroes tournament to fight [[Geegus]] by boring. He's become a [[tyrant]] and wants to be victorious by hurling his raw brawn. He and [[Ryofu]] respect each other's power. He is loosely based on the actual [[Genghis Khan]].
-*Brocken
-Brocken is part-[[robot]], and his moveset contains techniques involving mechanically-extended limbs and [[missile]] 'fists'.
-*Kim Dragon
-'''Kim Dragon''' (金龍) is a famous martial artist and a star of [[martial arts film]]s. Accused of false fighter, he accepted the invitation to fight against [[Geegus]]. He is based on the real life martial artist and actor [[Bruce Lee]].
-*Muscle Power
-{{nihongo|'''Muscle Power'''|マッスルパワー}}, an American wrestler from the XXI century, was the first competitor to win every Heavyweight Championship from every wrestling association. He accepted Doc Brown's invitation to fight [[Geegus]] because he took Geegus as a challenger of his multiple belts. He was based on [[Hulk Hogan]] but his looks were slightly altered in World Heroes 2 and subsequent titles making it so that he doesn't resemble the famous wrestler as much.
-*Geegus
-Geegus is an [[extraterrestrial]] who can changes his shape to any of the eight fighters and use their moves at will. Geegus wants to conquer the Earth, so the ''World Heroes'' tournament was created to stop Geegus' evil plans. Before the final battle Geegus asks for the Champion to fight him with the threat of destroying the entire planet if he is refused.
-===World Heroes 2===
-*Captain Kidd
-He was based off the historical person [[William Kidd]].
-*Erick
-He is loosely based on the historical person [[Erik the Red]].
-*Johnny Maximum
-His design was based on the famous football player [[Joe Montana]].
-*Mudman
-{{nihongo|'''Ryoko Izumo'''|出雲 亮子|Izumo Ryōko}} is a 16 years girl who is a master in [[Judo]] and want to prove her power against the rest of the fighters of this tournament. She admires [[Janne D'Arc|Janne]] and [[Hanzou Hattori (World Heroes)|Hanzo]], considering them her role models; Janne for her beauty and strength, Hanzo for his skill. She is based on the famous Judo wreslter [[Ryoko Tani]].
-*Shura Naikanom Tom
-Shura is a Muay Thai fighter who has joined the tournament to prove his worth to his brother.
-*Dio
-This [[mutant]] being, who at one time was a human, appears for first time in ''World Heroes 2'', only known as "Dio" and reappears in ''World Heroes Perfect'', where he had became "Neo Dio" with stronger techniques though both Dio's have unfair priority in their dash moves. Either way, Neo Dio is an extremely tough boss and he's one of the chosen ''[[World Heroes]]'' characters (along with [[Hanzou Hattori (World Heroes)|Hanzo]], [[Kotaro Fuuma (World Heroes)|Fuuma]] and [[Mudman (World Heroes)|Mudman]]) to appear in ''[[Neo Geo Battle Coliseum]]'' as one of the game's final bosses. WAREZ recovered this data after Dio destroyed Dahmond and it created a perfected prototype, adding its own technology. This new being which surpassed all human abilities along with intelligence continues to vigilanty watch for its chance to break its bonds.
-''Geegus appears as Neo Geegus, the sub-boss of the game. In this game he is not as vulnerable in his normal form but can only transform into either of the six new characters; Kidd, Erick, Ryoko, Mudman, Shura and Johnny.
-===World Heroes 2 Jet===
-*Ryofu
-He is based on the warlod [[Lü Bu]] of the [[Three Kingdoms]] era.
-*Jack
-He is loosely based off the historical serial killer [[Jack the Ripper]].
-*Zeus
-He may be based off the Greek god of the same name. He also appears in another [[ADK]] game called [[Ninja Commando]] although he is referred to as Spider in that game.
-===World Heroes Perfect===
-*Son Gokuu
-He is based off the famous fictional character with the same name.
 ==External links==
-*{{KLOV game|id=10475}}
-*{{GameFAQs|type=/coinop/arcade|num=583653|name=''World Heroes''}}
+*[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)]
-*[http://www.neo-geo.com/reviews/neo-reviews/wh/wh.html ''World Heroes'' review at Neo-Geo.com]
+*[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)
-*[http://www.neo-geo.com/reviews/neo-reviews/wh2/wh2.html ''World Heroes 2'' review at Neo-Geo.com]
+*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
-*[http://www.neo-geo.com/reviews/neo-reviews/wh2j/wh2j.html ''World Heroes 2 Jet'' review at Neo-Geo.com]
-*[http://www.neo-geo.com/reviews/neo-reviews/whp/whp1.html ''World Heroes Perfect'' review at Neo-Geo.com], [http://www.neo-geo.com/reviews/neo-reviews/whp/whp.html Review 2]
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