The Place Royale and Urban Design in the Ancien R Gime

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 Vend me. 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.

Author: Richard L. Cleary
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/21/2011
Pages: 330
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780521369985

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