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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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| name = Villanova Preparatory School |
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| type = [[Roman Catholic]], [[Augustinian]], Private secondary |
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| students = 325 |
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| established = 1924 |
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| city = [[Ojai]] |
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| state = [[California]] |
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| country = [[USA]] |
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| oversight = Order of St. Augustine |
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| grades = 9-12 |
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| mascot = Wildcats |
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| newspaper = The New View |
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| yearbook = The Villanovan |
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| website = [http://www.villanovaprep.org] |
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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. |
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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. |
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'''Villanova Preparatory School''' is an Augustinian [[Catholic]] [[Coeducation|co-ed]] [[boarding school]] located in the small town of [[Ojai, California]], [[United States|USA]]. Located in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles]], it was founded by [[Augustinian]] [[friars]] in [[1924]] and is the only co-ed Augustinian boarding school in the country. In 2007 enrollment was 323 with some 42 faculty members. Some one-third of students are boarders, and represent 10 different countries. |
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== Sculptures by Carpeaux == |
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The curriculum includes four units of religion: Old Testament, New Testament, Morality and Social Justice, and Christian Vocations. Math, English, Religion and Science courses are required for all four years in order to graduate. Three languages are offered: [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Latin]]. [[Virgil]] is studied in the Latin [[Advanced Placement]] course. The school also offers [[Advanced Placement]] courses in other subjects, such as Calculus, English Composition, English Literature, and US History. Many students have also taken [[Advanced Placement Program|AP]] exams in subjects not taught at the AP level at school (such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics B/C, and Comparative Politics). |
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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]] |
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Graduates of Villanova have also been accepted into highly prestigious universities such as Yale, Stanford, Northwestern, Harvard, MIT, Georgetown, and Caltech, or highly selective liberal art colleges (e.g. Amherst, Scripps College, Kalamazoo College). |
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* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]]) |
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* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]] |
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* Girl with Shell |
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* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]] |
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==Neapolitan Fisherboy== |
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The faculty consists mostly of laypersons, with only one member of the clergy on the teaching staff. While the school is highly regarded for its English program, other areas, especially the Mathematics and Sciences have undergone high faculty turnover. |
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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.]] |
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==The Boarding Program== |
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[[Image:Villanova Campus Walkway (Ojai).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Walkway of Villanova Preparatory]] |
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Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study. |
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A majority of the boarding students come from South Korea, Taiwan, and Mainland China, with a smaller number of students coming from Vietnam, Mexico, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, United States and other countries. Boarders pay a tuition three times that of day students, with English as Second Language students incurring an additional fee. Though once notorious for its substandard meals, the Villanova dormatory's food quality has improved in recent years. The residential life staff actively works to promote the positive values of the school. |
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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]]. |
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==Non-Boarders== |
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The day students at Villanova make up about 70% of the population. Roughly 50% are from the Ojai Valley, while the rest of the students come from surrounding cities such as Carpenteria, Ventura, Camarillo, Santa Paula, Oxnard, Somis, and Fillmore. |
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The school is named in honour of St. Thomas of Villanova, a sixteenth century Spanish Augustinian. Thomas was born at Fuenllana in the diocese of Toledo, [[Spain]], in 1488 and was brought up in Villaneuva de los Infantes, a nearby town; hence his name, Thomas of Villanova. In the year 1544, [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Charles V]] of Spain appointed Thomas as Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Valencia|Valencia]]. Thomas succeeded in the spiritual renewal of his diocese, and gained the title 'Father of the Poor'. He gave two-thirds of the income of his diocese to care for the poor in various ways. Each day up to 500 poor people came to his door to be fed and to receive money. Other English speaking Augustinian Colleges named for this saint are [[St. Thomas of Villanova College]] in Ontario, Canada, and [[Villanova College]], located in [[Brisbane]], Australia. He is also the patron saint to the popular Catholic college, [[Villanova University]] located in [[Villanova, PA]],USA. |
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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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==The Augustinian Order in North America== |
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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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The [[Augustinians#History in the New World: North America|North American foundation]] of the order happened in 1796 when Irish friars arrived in Philadelphia. Michael Hurley was the first American to join the Order the following year. Friars established schools, Universities and other works throughout the Americas, also including [[Villanova University]] in [[Villanova, PA]] located just outside of [[Philadelphia]] (USA) and [[Merrimack College]] (USA). [[Malvern Preparatory School]] was founded in 1842 alongside Villanova University, and by 1909 two Augustinian houses and a [[St. Rita of Cascia High School|school]] had been established in Chicago, 1922 in [[St. Augustine High School|San Diego]], by 1925 this school; and Los Angeles; 1926 [[Cascia Hall Preparatory School|a school in Oklahoma]]; in 1947 [[Merrimack College|a college in Massachusetts]]; in 1953 [[Monsignor Bonner High School|a school in Pennsylvania]]; 1959 [[St. Augustine College Preparatory School|a school in New Jersey]] and in 1962 a [[Providence Catholic High School|school in Illinois]]. |
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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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==Athletics== |
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[[Category:1827 births|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]] |
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Last year, the girls' tennis team was the runner-up in the Division 4 CIF final. This year they have faced the dilemma of filling up the spot of one of their singles players, but are consistently improving. This level of improvement can be attributed to standout players such as singles/doubles sophomore players Katrina Pierson and Kelsey Jonker; junior singles' player Lexi White; the doubles' team of seniors Alexandra Gibbs and Ariana Lujan; and the doubles team of Sophia Miles and Niamh Daly. |
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[[Category:1875 deaths|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]] |
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The 2007 boys' varsity football team will be led by senior fullback/linebacker Cian Lenehan, senior jet-back/cornerback Mike Hellmuth, and senior quarterback Jarrod Arbuckle. All three are four-year varsity players. The only such players on the team. 2007 marks the teams 2nd year as a Frontier League member, and its fourth year return to 11-man football. |
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Villanova discontinued its football program in 1974, but it was brought back as an 8-man program in 2001. In 2004 the program went to 11-man as an Independant (non-league) Division XIII team. After two very successful independent seasons Villanova joined the Frontier League as a Division XI team, competing against schools in some cases three times its size. |
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The 2007 boys' junior varsity football team will be led by sophomore quarterback Rory Lenehan, sophomore receiver Sammy Davis and Martin Kim, and sophomore running backs Chris Cox and Daniel Kim. All four are returning starters and can expect to see some additional playing time as varsity back-ups. |
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The boys' varsity basketball team is looking forward to a strong season with new Head Coach Matt Murphy. He has a strong team behind him, with 6'6" center Todd Robien, senior sharp shooter Alex Chen, sophomore Wyatt Oroke, and junior Breanden Beaghler. |
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The baseball team is hoping for a fresh start with a new coach. |
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All of the Villanova athletic teams recently joined Frontier League. They are looking forward to strong seasons playing against teams such as Malibu, Fillmore, Santa Clara, and Bishop Diego. |
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==Famous staff members== |
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*[[Parry Shen]], actor who starred in the 2002 movie ''[[Better Luck Tomorrow]]'', worked several years at Villanova as a dorm parent for the boys' dorm. |
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*[[Mr.Grisin]], teacher who is commonly known by all the students especially juniors who started the famous quote "It's Mr Grisin". |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.villanovaprep.org Villanova Preparatory School] |
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*[http://www.osanet.org Order of St Augustine, International Homepage] |
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*[http://www.augnet.org/ Augnet] International Cooperative Web Site for Schools in the Tradition of St. Augustine |
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Revision as of 01:07, 19 June 2007
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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