The Place Royale and Urban Design in the Ancien Régime

by Richard L. Cleary

Overview

This book is the first study to examine a unique urban phenomenon that is closely associated with French monarchy in the age of absolutism. Featuring a free-standing statue of the monarch at its center, the place royale was framed by buildings of uniform, monumental design such as found in the Place Vendôme. In this study, Richard Cleary examines the places royales in terms of the political mechanisms and design processes through which they were conceived, their intended meanings for contemporaries, and their relationship to the urban fabrics of which they are a part.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521572682
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/28/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.32(w) x 10.24(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Patrons and politics; 2. Design management and funding; 3. The sculpture; 4. The architectural setting; 5. The Place Royale and the city; 6. Visions of the new Rome.

Editorial Reviews

"...thoroughly researched and profusely illustrated..." Jeffrey Merrick, College Art Association Reviews

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