Book Review: Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions
After reading Empire Style: The Hotel de Beauharnais in Paris I became very interested in the opulent neoclassicism in the palaces and monuments of the Napoleonic era, also known as the Directoire style or Empire Style. Perhaps one of the most prolific architects of that time was Charles Percier (1764-1838), a French born designer appointed by Napoleon Bonaparte to develop the style.
Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions, published by Yale University Press, is a fantastic resource guide with more than 300 pages of beautiful photos and illustrations curated by Jean-Philippe Garric, professor of history of Architecture at the University of Paris I.
An incredibly fascinating book, Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions details the work that Percier oversaw and designed while working on the renovations and decorations of many of France's royal palaces, including the Louvre, and the chateaux of Fontainebleau, Saint-Cloud, and Malmaison. Also featured are many other projects undertaken from the end of the 1700's to the beginning of the 1800's. These contributions to architecture and design in France are particularly interesting, given the turbulent and unsteady period in French History.
Above, a painting of Percier, by Robert Lefevre in 1807. Charles Percier designed furniture, porcelain, metalwork, silver, clocks and timepieces, and more, meticulously detailing his plans for these pieces in spec...
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