Main entry:

Moon, Iris, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Description:

xiv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180) and index.
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.

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.

ISBN:

9781472480163 (hardback)
1472480163 (hardback)
(ebk)
9781315316284

Subject:

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.
Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard 1762-1853
Percier, Charles 1764-1838
Symbolism in architecture France.
Decoration and ornament France Empire style.
Symbolisme en architecture France.
Décoration et ornement France Style Empire.
Decoration and ornament Empire style.
Symbolism in architecture.
Architektur
Baudekoration
Innenarchitektur
Nationalbewusstsein
France.
Frankreich

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 295422
Call No.: BIB 241643
Status: Available