The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France - Iris Moon

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The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France

Name: The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France
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By: Iris Moon

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Paperback | 23 May 2019

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As the official architects of Napoleon, Charles Percier (1764â"1838) and Pierre-Fran§ois-L©onard Fontaine (1762â"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 Fontaineâs 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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Iris Moon's exciting reappraisal of Percier and Fontaine shows just how precarious monumental architecture can be: the Revolutionary instabilities underpinning their luxury designs for new Napoleonic elites demanded provisional solutions, fast responses, and adaptable designs. Her revelation of their process-oriented approach to architecture opens fresh perspectives on the visual culture of this time, from decorative arts to paper fantasies and mobile motifs.

Susan Siegfried, Denise Riley Collegiate Professor of the History of Art and Women's Studies, University of Michigan

"Professor Moon observes that the identity of the nobility that had been "fixed in seigneurial rights and inalienable ties to the land" and which disappeared in the Revolution, was replaced by "the mercurial personalities of Directory society"and wealth from capital and movable properties."-- David P. Jordan, University of Illinois at Chicago, H-France Review

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