page_title: Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
hierarchical_section_title: Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
caption_attribution_description: Louis Carrogis, called Louis de Carmontelle (1717–1806), French draughtsman, painter, dramatist and landscape architect
context_page_description: Louis Carrogis Carmontelle was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer and author, and designer of one of the earliest examples of the French landscape garden, Parc Monceau in Paris. He also invented the transparent, an early ancestor of the magic lantern and motion picture, for viewing moving bands of landscape paintings.
context_section_description: Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (b. Paris, 15 August 1717 – d. Paris, 26 December 1806) was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer and author, and designer of one of the earliest examples of the French landscape garden, Parc Monceau in Paris. He also invented the transparent, an early ancestor of the magic lantern and motion picture, for viewing moving bands of landscape paintings.
caption: Self-portrait, 1762.
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