Charles Percier (Paris, August 22, 1764 – Paris, September 5, 1838) was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (Pontoise, near Paris September 20, 1762 – Paris, October 10, 1853), originally his friend from student days, from 1794 onwards, that it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in their work. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Pierre François Léonard Fontaine ( September 20, 1762, Pontoise, near Paris – October 10, 1853, Paris) was a neoclassical Pontoise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Together, Percier and Fontaine were inventors and major proponents of the rich and grand, consciously archaeological versions of neoclassicism we recognize as Directoire style and Empire style. Directoire style describes a period in the decorative arts fashion and especially furniture design concurrent with the post-Revolution French Directory (November 2 1795 through The Empire Style, sometimes considered the second phase of Neoclassicism, is an early-19th-century Design movement in Architecture, Furniture
In 1784 Percier won the Prix de Rome, a government fellowship for study in Rome, where he met Fontaine. One early product of their collaboarion was Palais, maisons et autres édifices modernes dessinés à Rome which attracted the attention of prospective clients when they returned to Paris. At the end of 1792, in the first phase of the French Revolution Percier was appointed to supervise of the scenery at the Paris Opéra, a post that was at the center of innovative design. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Fontaine returned from the security of London, where he had been exiled and they continued at the Opéra until 1796. Claude-Louis Bernier (1755 – 1830) was a third member of the team.
The calculated theater of Empire style, its aggressive opulence restrained by a slightly dry and correct sense of the Antique Taste, and its neo-Roman values that were both imperial and not connected to the ancien régime commended the style to Napoleon Bonaparte. Ancien Régime ( pronounced: /ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim/ refers primarily to the aristocratic social and political system established in Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. He appointed them his personal architects and never wavered in his decision; they were at work on Imperial projects almost the very end. The partnership dissolved as Napoleon retired to Elba. They were too associated with the Empire ever to have an official commission under the Restauration. Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814 the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne Percier thereafter conducted a student atelier. One of Percier's pupils, Auguste de Montferrand, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St Petersburg for Tsar Alexander I. Auguste de Montferrand ( January 23, 1786 &ndash July 10, 1858) was a French Neoclassical Architect who worked primarily Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Исаа́киевский Собо́р in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Cathedral Alexander I of Russia ( Russian: Александр I Павлович / Aleksandr I Pavlovich (23 December 1777 – November 19 1825 served as Emperor of
They worked (1802–12) on the palace of the Louvre, which had not been a royal residence for generations and thus was free of recent Bourbon associations, and while stood in the heart of Paris, so that the Emperor could be seen coming and going, unlike Versailles, which had been rendered uninhabitable, not by chance, stripping of every furnishing in the series of sales during the Revolution that went on day after day for many months. The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important No monarch would ever live there again.
They worked on the Tuileries Palace that faced the Louvre across squares and parterres. The Palais des Tuileries was a royal Palace in Paris. It stood on the right bank of the River Seine until 1871, when it was destroyed
In the extension of what is now the Axe historique of Paris, Percier and Fontaine designed the Arc du Carrousel (1807–8), commemorating Austerlitz,
They worked at Josephine's Château de Malmaison and did alterations and decorations for former Bourbon Compiègne and Saint-Cloud and at Fontainebleau, another royal palace without recent ghosts. The Axe historique ("historical axis" is a line of monuments buildings and thoroughfares that extends from the centre of Paris, France, to the The Battle of Austerlitz (Bitva u Slavkova also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories effectively destroying the The Château de Malmaison is a country house (or Château) in the city of Rueil-Malmaison about 12 km (7 mi from Paris. Compiègne is a commune in the Oise département of France, of which it is a Sous-préfecture. Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France.
Percier and Fontaine designed every detail in their interiors: state beds, sculptural side tables and other furniture, wall lights and candlesticks, chandeliers, door hardware, textiles and wallpaper. On a special occasion, Percier might be called upon to design for the Sèvres porcelain manufactory; in one case a grand vase in the Greek taste, the "Londonderry Vase" (Art Institute of Chicago), was just finished in 1814; Louis XVIII quickly gave to the Marquess of Londonderry during the Congress of Vienna. The manufacture nationale de Sèvres is a Porcelain factory located in Sèvres, France. The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of the major powers of Europe, chaired by the Austrian statesman Clemens Wenzel von Metternich They published several later books, especially Recueil de décoration intérieure concernant tout ce qui rapporte à l'ameublement (1812) with its engravings in a spare outline technique, engravings that spread their style beyond the Empire and were influential in putting a French stamp on the English Regency style and influenced the connoisseur-designer Henry Hope. The Regency style of Architecture refers primarily to buildings built in Britain during the period in the early 19th century when George IV was Henry Hope (1735 - 1811 was an Amsterdam Merchant banker born in Boston, New England.
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- Percier and Fontaine
- Palais, maisons et autres édifices modernes (1798)
- Recueil de décoration intérieure: 1801; 1812
- Empire Stylecz:Charles Percier
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