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Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions
Jean-Philipp Garric
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Hardback. Editor(s): Garric, Jean-Philippe. Num Pages: 304 pages, 228 color + 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACVC; AMB; AMR; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 299 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1644.
Handsomely designed and richly illustrated, this publication surveys the magnificent spectrum of projects undertaken by French architect and interior designer Charles Percier (1764-1838). After gaining an illustrious reputation for supervising the scenery at the Paris Opera during the French Revolution, Percier was later appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte. With the Emperor's support, he developed the opulent versions of neoclassicism closely associated with the Napoleonic era, and now known as Directoire style and Empire style. Percier worked on the renovation or redecoration of many of France's royal palaces, including the Louvre, the Tuileries, and the chateaux of Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, and Fontainebleau. The ... Read more
Handsomely designed and richly illustrated, this publication surveys the magnificent spectrum of projects undertaken by French architect and interior designer Charles Percier (1764-1838). After gaining an illustrious reputation for supervising the scenery at the Paris Opera during the French Revolution, Percier was later appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte. With the Emperor's support, he developed the opulent versions of neoclassicism closely associated with the Napoleonic era, and now known as Directoire style and Empire style. Percier worked on the renovation or redecoration of many of France's royal palaces, including the Louvre, the Tuileries, and the chateaux of Malmaison, Saint-Cloud, and Fontainebleau. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1643g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300221589
SKU
V9780300221589
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About Jean-Philipp Garric
Jean-Philippe Garric is professor of architecture at the University of Paris I, Pantheon Sorbonne.
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Winner of the 2017 Alice Award from Furthermore grants in publishing, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
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Furthermore grants in publishing, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund
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Furthermore grants in publishing, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund