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Auteur(s) : Moon, Iris
Titre(s) : The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France [Texte imprimé] / Iris Moon
Publication : Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-185 p. [8] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 163-180. Index
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
Sujet(s) : Percier, Charles (1764-1838) -- Critique et interprétation
Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard (1762-1853) -- Critique et interprétation
Symbolisme en architecture -- France
Style Empire (décoration)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781472480163 (rel.). - ISBN 1472480163. - ISBN 9781315316284 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45198396t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45198396
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