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The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France / Iris Moon.
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Moon, Iris
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English
Published/Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Description
xiv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Marquand Library - Remote Storage: Marquand Use Only
NA1053.P5 M66 2017
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Symbolism in architecture
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France
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Decoration and ornament
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France
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Empire style
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Percier, Charles 1764-1838
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Criticism and interpretation
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Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard 1762-1853
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Criticism and interpretation
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Summary note
As the official architects of Napoleon, Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre-Francois-Leonard Fontaine (1762-1853) designed interiors that responded to the radical ideologies and collective forms of destruction that took place during the French Revolution. The architects visualized new forms of imperial sovereignty by inverting the symbols of monarchy and revolution, constructing meeting rooms resembling military encampments and gilded thrones that replaced the Bourbon lily with Napoleonic bees. Yet in the wake of political struggle, each foundation stone that the architects laid for the new imperial regime was accompanied by an awareness of the contingent nature of sovereign power. Contributing fresh perspectives on the architecture, decorative arts, and visual culture of revolutionary France, this book explores how Percier and Fontaine's desire to build structures of permanence and their inadvertent reliance upon temporary architectural forms shaped a new awareness of time, memory, and modern political identity in France.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Visionary friendship at the end of the ancien régime
2. Propulsion and residue: constructing the revolutionary interior
3. The recueil de décorations intérieures: furnishing a new order
4. The platinum cabinet: luxury in times of uncertainty
5. Tent and throne: architecture in a state of emergency
Coda: revolutionary atonement.
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ISBN
9781472480163 ((hardback))
1472480163 ((hardback))
LCCN
2016028204
OCLC
949987754
Other standard number
40026734639
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