Main entry:

Taylor, Katherine Fischer.

Title & Author:

In the theater of criminal justice : the Palais de justice in Second Empire Paris / Katherine Fischer Taylor.

Publication:

Description:

xxii, 161 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

The Princeton series in nineteenth-century art, culture, and society

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-154) and index.
Introduction -- The trial. The judicial system ; Monumental access ; Troppmann's public ; The trial personae: choreography and character ; The debates -- The history of the right to punish -- The inauguration of the criminal wing and its critical reception.
Designed by Laury A. Egan.

Summary:

"Focusing on a sensational 1869 murder trial and on the newly designed wing of the Palais de Justice in which it was held, Katherine Taylor explores the representation of criminal justice in Second Empire Paris. She considers the performative aspect of the trial on its new stage and shows how the controversially ornate design of the courtroom created a heightened sense of theatricality for participants and spectators alike, exacerbating conflicting notions about the theory and practice of criminal justice. The tension caused by the blending of the inquisitorial procedure of the ancien regime with an accusatorial one in the modern criminal courtroom expressed a larger conflict concerning sources and types of authority, their styles, and their bases for judging evidence - a conflict played out in the representation of authority in many public buildings of the post-Revolutionary era."--BOOK JACKET. "This work treats the relationship between judicial and political doctrine and social practice in cultural terms, particularly those of architecture, art, and theater. It offers a unique type of architectural history by interpreting a building through its use and users; it differs from most historical studies of trial by concentrating on the stakes of visual representation."--Jacket

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ISBN:

0691032149 (acid-free paper)
9780691032146 (acid-free paper)
0691087865
9780691087863

Subject:

Troppmann, Jean Baptiste, (1849-1870)
Palais de justice (Paris, France)
Symbolism in architecture France.
Allegories.
Architecture and society France History 19th century.
Justice, Administration of Political aspects France History 19th century.
Symbolisme en architecture France.
Allégories.
Architecture et société France Histoire 19e siècle.
Justice Administration Aspect politique France Histoire 19e siècle.
allegory (artistic device)
Architecture and society.
Buildings.
Justice, Administration of Political aspects.
Symbolism in architecture.
Gerechtsgebouwen.
Architecture and society France 19th century.
Justice, Administration of Political aspects France 19th century.
Justice pénale Administration France 1870-1914.
Symbolisme en architecture.
Justice Administration France 19e siècle.
Procès Paris (France) 19e siècle.
Justice et politique France 1870-1914.
Architecture Aspect social France 1870-1914.
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
France.
France Paris.
France 1852-1870 (Second Empire)
France Moeurs et coutumes 19e siècle.
Paris (France) Palais de Justice 1870-1914.
Civic buildings Design
Criminal courts
Paris (France)

Form/genre:

Allegories.
History.
Allégories.

Added entries:

Princeton series in nineteenth-century art, culture, and society.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86893
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:93-B1988
Status: Available