Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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76<br />
Charles PERCIER<br />
French 1764–1838<br />
Pierre-François-Léonard FONTAINE<br />
French 1762–1853<br />
Council Room at Château de Malmaison<br />
with details <strong>of</strong> trophies that decorate it<br />
Salle exécutée au Château de Malmaison<br />
et détails des Trophées qui la décorent<br />
plate no. 55 in Recueil de décorations intérieures<br />
(Collection <strong>of</strong> interior designs) published by the authors,<br />
Paris<br />
engraving<br />
1812<br />
State Library <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>, Melbourne AEF 747.24 P41<br />
In 1800, Percier and Fontaine first published<br />
their Recueil de décorations intérieures<br />
(Collection <strong>of</strong> Interior Decorations) a<br />
renowned text in which they articulated<br />
the strong convictions motivating their<br />
approach. By working with a repertoire <strong>of</strong><br />
antique motifs, they opened up for their<br />
contemporaries the possibility <strong>of</strong> resurrecting<br />
the spirit <strong>of</strong> classical antiquity.<br />
Ornamentation now came to bear a double<br />
meaning: at once describing an object’s<br />
function and also making a clear and direct<br />
link between ancient Rome and Consular<br />
(and later Imperial) France.<br />
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