Main entry:

Cleary, Richard Louis, author

Title & Author:

The place royale and urban design in the ancien régime / Richard L. Cleary.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Description:

xx, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
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 -- Catalog. Aix-en Provence, Louis XIV. Besancon, Louis XIV. Besancon, Louis XIV. Bordeaux, Place Louis XV. Caen, Place Royale (Louis XIV). Dijon, Place Royale (Louis XIV). Grenoble, Louis XIV). Issoire (Louis XIV). Le Havre, Place Royale (Louis XIV). Lille (Louis XIV). Lyon, Place Louis-le-Grand. Lyon, Morand Project (Louis XV). Lyon, Perrache Projects (Louis XV). Marseille (Louis XIV). Marseille (Louis XV). Marseille, Belle-Isle's Project (Louis XV). Montpellier, Place Royale (Louis XIV). Nancy, Place Louis XV. Nantes (Louis XIV). Nantes (Louis XV) -- Paris, Place des Victoires (Louis XIV) -- Paris, Place Louis-le-Grand -- Paris, Esplanade Projects (Louis XIV, Louis XV) -- Paris, Place Louis XV -- Pau, Place Royale (Louis XIV) -- Poitiers, Place Royale (Louis XIV) -- Quebec, Place Royale (Louis XIV) -- Reims, Place Louis XV -- Rennes, Place Louis XIV and Place Louis XV -- Rouen (Louis XV) -- Strasbourg (Louis XV) -- Toulouse, Place Royale (Louis XIV) -- Troyes (Louis XIV) -- Valenciennes, Place Royale (Louis XV).

Summary:

The Place Royale and Urban Design in the Ancien Regime is the first to examine a unique urban phenomenon that is closely associated with French monarchy in the age of absolutism. A distinct type of city square, the places royales were planned in honor of Louis XIV and his heir, Louis XV. Featuring a freestanding statue of the monarch at its center, it was framed by buildings of uniform, monumental design such as are found in some of the most outstanding examples to have survived, including the Place Vendome and the Place Stanislas. Instruments of royal propaganda, these urban spaces tested the fealty of provincial and municipal governments, which were responsible for realizing them within the heart of densely occupied cities. 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. Also included is a catalog describing projects for places royales in twenty-five cities in France and Canada.

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ISBN:

0521572681 (hb)
9780521572682 (hb)
9780521369985
0521369983

Subject:

Ludwig XIV. Frankreich, König 1638-1715
Ludwig (Frankreich, König, XIV.)
Plazas France.
Architecture and state France History 17th century.
Architecture and state France History 18th century.
Plazas Québec (Province) Québec.
Architecture and state Québec (Province) Québec History 17th century.
Architecture and state Québec (Province) Québec History 18th century.
Architecture France 18th century Government policy History.
Places France 17e siècle Histoire.
Architecture France Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture France 17e siècle Politique gouvernementale Histoire.
Architecture France 18e siècle Politique gouvernementale Histoire.
Architecture France Histoire 18e siècle.
Places France.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale France Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale France Histoire 18e siècle.
Places Québec (Province) Québec.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Québec (Province) Québec Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Québec (Province) Québec Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture Government policy
Architecture and state
Plazas
Architektur
Platz
Platzgestaltung
Reiterstandbild
Stadt
Städtebau
Pleinen.
Ancien Régime.
PRAÇAS FRANÇA.
ARQUITETURA MODERNA Século 17 e 18 FRANÇA.
HISTÓRIA DA FRANÇA (POLÍTICA)
PRAÇAS QUEBEC.
France
Québec Québec
Frankreich
Québec

Form/genre:

Königsplatz.
History

Added entries:

Langer, Susanne K. (Susanne Katherina Knauth), 1895-1985, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201982
Call No.: NA9070 .C5 1999
Status: Available