The architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France / Iris Moon.
| Author/creator | Moon, Iris author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 185 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Summary | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Moon, Iris. Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the struggle for sovereignty in Revolutionary France. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017 9781472480163 1472480163 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781315316277 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1315316277 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781315316284 |
| ISBN | 1315316285 |
| ISBN | 9781315316260 |
| ISBN | 1315316269 |
| ISBN | 9781315316253 |
| ISBN | 1315316250 |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781315316284 |
| Standard identifier# | 40026734639 |
| Stock number | 972429 MIL |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |