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The complete works of Percier and Fontaine

Title
The complete works of Percier and Fontaine / with an introduction by Barry Bergdoll ; translations by Yolanda Stern Broad, PhD.
Author
Percier, Charles, 1764-1838
Publication
New York : Princeton Architectural Press : In association with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard, 1762-1853
  • Bergdoll, Barry
  • Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.
Description
441 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm
Summary
"Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine were the official government architects of Napoleon, as well as two of the most celebrated teachers at the legendary Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and were responsible for developing the highly influential neoclassical Empire, or Directoire, style of design. Their designs and renovations can be seen throughout the monuments and structures of Napoleonic France, including extensive renovations to the Louvre and Tuileries palaces, construction of the Arc de Triomphe de Carrousel, as well as their true masterpiece, the Empress Josephine's Chateau de Malmaison, where they designed every interior detail, helping invent and shape the modern field of interior design. This will be the definitive edition on the work of Percier and Fontaine, bringing together their four most influential volumes on architecture and interior design, comprising detailed studies of the most important classical and neoclassical architecture across Europe, as well as their own designs, and featuring an introduction by esteemed architecture critic and historian Barry Bergdoll"--
Uniform Title
Works
Alternative Title
Works
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Architecture > Europe > History > 19th century
  • Interior decoration > Europe > History > 19th century
  • Neoclassicism (Architecture) > Europe
  • Decoration and ornament > Europe > Neoclassicism
  • ARCHITECTURE / History / Renaissance
  • ARCHITECTURE / History / General
  • ARCHITECTURE / General
  • Architecture
  • Decoration and ornament > Neoclassicism
  • Interior decoration
  • Neoclassicism (Architecture)
  • Europe
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • English and French.
Contents
Palais, maisons, et autres édifices modernes dessinés à Rome (1798) -- Recueil de décorations intérierures (1812) -- Choix des plus célèbres maisons de plaisance de Rome et de ses environs (1824) -- Plans de plusieurs châteaux, palais et résidences de souverains de France, d'Italie, d'Espagne et de Russie, dessinés sur une même échelle pour être comparés A.P.P.P.L.P.D.R.D.R (1838).
ISBN
  • 9781616896980
  • 1616896981
LCCN
  • 2017059605
  • 99977310548
OCLC
  • on1019846013
  • 1019846013
  • SCSB-9078445
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries