Consulate (style)
The consulate is a transitional style that appeared parallel to the style Directoire . It represents a style in the French and French influenced European art and architecture of the 18th century between the styles of the Directoires and the Empire , in the period between 1799 and 1804 when Napoleon I was consul . It is assigned to classicism as a style .
The Napoleonic expedition to Egypt , Campagne d'Égypte , created increasing public interest in the ancient artefacts, especially of Egyptian origin, that were gradually arriving in France . This interest was prepared by the beginning of the excavation on April 6, 1748 under the Spanish engineer officer Colonel Rocque Joaquín de Alcubierre . He had officially started the excavations in Pompeii with the approval of the Neapolitan royal family . The objects that were looked for were primarily statues, jewelry and precious metals, as well as especially wall paintings that were removed and brought to Portici in a specially built museum.
The two French architects and interior decorators Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine were awarded the Prix de Rome by the Académie royale d'architecture in 1786 , which was combined with a longer study visit to Rome . From 1786 to 1791, Percier continued the methodical elaboration of the motifs of late Roman architecture and the Renaissance at the Académie de France à Rome . Later he worked for Joséphine de Beauharnais and Napoléon Bonaparte and designed appropriate decorations for them and their circle, mainly based on ancient Roman models.
literature
- Pierre-Marie Favelac: Reconnaître les meubles de style , Édition Massin, Paris, p. 68. ( digitized, up to p. 15 ).
- Martin M. Pegler; Ron Carboni: The Fairchild Dictionary of Interior Design. (2nd edition), Fairchild Fashion Group, New York 2006, ISBN 978-1-56367-444-0
Web links
- The large art lexicon by PW Hartmann
- History of french furniture: the Directoire style. Posted by ArtQuid Team: June 24, 2010 / Modified: June 24, 2010