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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]]
-The '''Advanced/36''' refers to an IBM minicomputer in the [[System/36]] family.  It was marketed from 1994 to 2000.
+[[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.
-The Advanced/36 is physically smaller than other S/36 offerings, but because it contains much more advanced technology, it is the most robust and powerful.  Also, because it was sold 11 years after the 5360 and 5362 system units, it was cheaper, with prices beginning at US$7995.  (The smallest 5362 sold for about US$20,000, and a maxed-out 5360 sold for upwards of US$200,000.)
+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 maximum configuration of an Advanced/36 is 4.19 Gb of disk storage, 256 Mb of memory, one tape drive, and one single 8" diskette drive.
+== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
-Like all S/36s, the Advanced/36 had five programming languages: [[RPG II]], [[COBOL]], [[FORTRAN]], [[System/36 BASIC]], and [[Assembly language|Assembler]].  RPG II was by far the most popular language because it was the least expensive.
+* 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]]
-The A/36 was marketed in three packages: the Small package, the Growth package, and the Large package.  Machines sold in 1994 contained a version of the [[System Support Program]] (SSP) operating system designated "7.1".  In 1995, an upgraded A/36 was offered with a version of SSP designated "7.5".  They were not compatible because they were integrated into the licensed code.
+* 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==
-The standard A/36 shipped with a very popular application called POP, or [[Programmer/Operator Productivity]].  POP was so popular on the earlier S/36 that more copies were pirated than sold, according to industry publications.  POP added a [[point-and-shoot interface]] for S/36 objects such as libraries and files, and a full-screen text editor that more closely resembled AS/400 SEU than System/36 SEU.
+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.]]
-One difference between the A/36 and earlier S/36s is the 9402 Tape Drive.  This is the standard 1/4" cartridge which can store up to 2.5 Gb of data.  For A/36 customers, a complete backup of the system can fit on one cartridge.  The 9402 is similar to the 6157 Tape Drive but much more condensed.  The 9402 is backward-compatible for read purposes - the A/36 can read the 60MB tapes from a 6157 but cannot write to them; likewise the S/36 with a 6157 can write the 60MB tape but cannot read the 250MB or 2.5Gb tapes from the A/36.
+Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
-The A/36 CD-ROM drive, interestingly, cannot contain customer data and cannot be used to play music, even though it is equipped with a headphone jack.  It is provided for PTF installation only.  PTF CDs can only be applied if the operator follows a bypass procedure to switch device codes with the tape unit.  The CD unit becomes TC.
+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]].
-The A/36 8" diskette drive is optional and was marketed for approximately US$1,000.  It was the easiest way to save files or programs from an A/36 and restore on a S/36.
+==External links==
-By the year 2000, the A/36 was no longer being marketed; however, SSP could be run on the AS/400 Model 150 and Model 170.
+*[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)]
-===Differences between System/36 and Advanced/36===
+*[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.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]
+[[Category:French sculptors|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]]
-Front Panel
+[[Category:1827 births|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]]
+[[Category:1875 deaths|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]]
+[[de:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]
-The front panel of the A/36 was completely different.  The operator could pry open a small drive bay-sized enclosure and reveal an LCD panel with hexadecimal digits as follows:
+[[fr:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]
+[[nl:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]
+[[pl:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]
-   B  N  05469463
+[[pt:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]]
+[[zh:让-巴蒂斯·卡尔波]]
-The first letter will be A, B, C, or D, and describes the IPL source.  A patched or an unpatched System License Code can be chosen (dialed up and selected with press-buttons.)  An IPL method (N or M) can be chosen; N means "normal" or automatic; the computer can completely restart itself when power is restored following a power outage.  M means "manual."  If this is chosen, the operator must sign on to begin IPL.  Ironically, the old System/36 issued a warning message if the IPL was done on the same date as the previous IPL; the Advanced/36 issues a warning message if the IPL was done on a different date.
-The eight hexadecimal digits change during IPL and document the presently-executing IPL stage.  If an error occurs during IPL, it is possible to write down the 8 digits, look up the associated IPL stage in a small IBM-supplied manual, and take the appropriate response.
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-[[Category:Minicomputers]]