Antoine Denis Chauder was a French sculptor. He was born in 1763 at Paris and died in 1810. His first work was a bas-relief under the peristyle of the Pantheon, representing the love of glory, an excellent work, the very simplicity and grandeur of which prevented it being justly estimated by the false taste of the age. In the museums of the Luxembourg and Trianon are several of Chaudet's finest works: La Sensibilite, the beautiful statue of Cyparissa, etc. Research Antoine Chaudet
A colonnade is a row of columns, frequently covered with a roof projecting from an adjacent building. Colonnades were common in ancient Greece. When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, it is called a peristyle. Research Colonnade
In Roman dwellings, an impluvium was a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to receive the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium. They were generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around the brim. Research Impluvium
In architecture a peristyle is a range of columns with their entablature, etc. Specifically the term describes a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. The term is used in the former sense as a name given to the larger inner court of a Roman dwelling. Research Peristyle
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