The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France /

The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France / Iris Moon.

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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 im...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Moon, Iris (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Subjects:
Percier, Charles, > 1764-1838 > Criticism and interpretation.
Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, > 1762-1853 > Criticism and interpretation.
Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, > 1762-1853.
Percier, Charles, > 1764-1838.
Symbolism in architecture > France.
Decoration and ornament > France > Empire style.
Decoration and ornament > Empire style.
Symbolism in architecture.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of 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.

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