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early life and career jean-baptiste bourcet, also known as jean bourcet, was a french military officer born in usseaux, france in 1713. he died in corte, france in 1771. bourcet played a key role in the realization of maps of the alps and the establishment of the carte de la provence orientale. he was also involved in the campaign of conquest of corsica and served as a brigadier des armées du roi, maréchal de camp and armées du roi. cartography and military career bourcet's brother, pierre bourcet, was also a french military officer and cartographer. together, they worked on the cartography o…
A chart of jean-baptiste bourcet's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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