FRENCH KING FRANCOIS I / new orleans connection

+LEONARDO DA VINCI+

>as you know by now,  was the most talented<

>artist to be part of de gruy(ere) history in the<

>16th century when king francois 1 of france<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+/ MICHAEL de GRUYERE)+

>and count michael de gruyere brought the<

>aged leonardo to live at clos luce, amboise<

>castle for the rest of his days on our earth<

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 +JEAN BAPTISTE de GRUY+

>son of the first de gruy into louisiana (from<

>versailles where his father was a col. in the<

>personal guard of louis xiv) was architect<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>/ BARATARIA JUNGLE)+

>of the degruy domed sugar mill and had<

>earlier lived in the indian mound house<

>w/ his montaut de monberaud bride<

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+ARCHITECTURE WAS THE+
+de GRUY HERITAGE FROM+
>(memory of st bernard<
>and leonardo da vinci<
>construction history)<
+the ORIENT FOREST DAYS+

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 >this special collage from my new orleans<
>archive expresses jungle camping while<
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+/ NEW ORLEANS VISION)+
>finding de gruy plantation ruins that<
>progender transcendent prototypes<
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 >this early foucher (degruy) plantation house<
>dates from the 18th century when the jungle<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>> / DELORD SARPY)+
>was still vibrant and strong at new orleans<
>and nola was part of french west indies<
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>directly south of the de gruy barataria jungle<
>across the mexican gulf was the fantastic<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BONAMPAC MURALS)+
>world of mayan art and architecture in<
>the radiant jungles of the yucatan<
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>french king francois 1 was much more civilized<
>then he looks in this portrait…he was a talented<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ KING FRANCOIS 1ST)+
>astrology expert that he shared with his cousin<
>michael de gruyere, his childhood companion<
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 >french barataria jungle living was difficult<
>but made more comfortable w/ evenings<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ JUNGLE PLANTATION)+
>spent on the verandas where dining was<
>aided by ceiling "punkah"wood fans<
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 >the radiant biotronic plant kingdom was the<
>key to creole survival and ultimate wealth<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ FOUCHER - deBORE)+
>when they shifted from indigo to sugar on<
>gruy & foucher new orleans plantations<
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>one hundred and sixty seven years later my<
>work in new orleans reached its >biotronic<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+TRAYLOR APARTMENT)+
>phase when it embraced a vision of >color<
>light, energy<reflecting a tropic syndrome<
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 >not to be overlooked in my louisiana oeuvre<
>are the biomorphic structure designs like<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY> / +
+BIOMORPHIC STRUCTURE)+
>this one for holy cross high school made<
>for my friend christopher friedrichs, l.a.<
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>the pitot plantation house, seen here, was<
>the home of an early new orleans mayor<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ PITOT PLANTATION)+
>whose son married my cavaroc ancestor<
>(their daughter / mother's best friend)<
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>for my friends at the "historic new orleans<
>collection"the research i made linking the<
+(GOOGLE ; EUGENE RAY+
+/ deGRUY SUGAR MILL)+
>degruy templar influence dome via louis<
>philippe to jefferson via latrobe is vital<
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 >the french west african influence in louisiana<
>is huge…art, voudou, jazz, craftsmanship<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ NORBERT RILLIEUX+
>cooking important…also rillieux the great<
>nola engineer inventor educated in paris<
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 >among my happiest designs are those with<
>jungle settings like this one for tanzania &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ TANZANIA CAMP)+
>one for bohol island in the philippines…a<
>school for deaf children w/ a roof conoid<
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>mary plantation house is located near the<
>de gruy indian mound house location<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ CHOUACHAS SITE+
>at crown point, barataria and their<
>land grant near the chouachas site<
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+THERE ARE PROFOUND LINKS+
+/ CHOUACHAS=deGRUY= (plus)+
>(google: eugene ray / john<
>lawrence, (earlier letters)<
+GARIC=SAUCIER IN JUNGLE+
+SETS of the >PLAQUEMINES<+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu