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The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France (Paperback)
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The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France (Paperback)
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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 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.
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