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Hector Guimard, an Uncommon card
Hector Guimard was a French architect and designer prominent for his Art Nouveau style designs.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Hector Guimard quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hector Guimard card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Béranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an ____ competition as one of the best new building facades in the city.
Answer
1890s. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Béranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building facades in the city. From the Hector Guimard article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Disney comics. Disney comics 88 · List of awards and nominations received by Jessica Lange 80 · Hector Guimard 77 · Indie music 70 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Béranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building in Paris, which was selected in an 1899 competition as one of the best new building facades in the city.
- He is best known for the glass and iron edicules or canopies, with ornamental Art Nouveau curves, which he designed to cover the entrances of the first stations of the Paris Métro.
- Between 1890 and 1930, Guimard designed and built some 50 buildings, in addition to 141 subway entrances for the Paris Métro, as well as numerous pieces of furniture and other decorative works.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hector Guimard article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Hector Guimard
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hector Guimard (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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