Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architect ? Simon?Claude Constant?Dufeux
Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux
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Product details:
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Date of Publication 12 August 2025
- ISBN 9780228024569
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages426 pages
- Size 279x210x15 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 134 colour illustrations 700
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Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture reconstructs vibrant debates surrounding ornament and artistic synthesis, centred on the work of radical architect Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux, revealing these theories as integral to the development of art nouveau at the turn of the century.
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For Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux (1801?1871), a radical French architect and chair of perspective at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the study and composition of ornament were essential pursuits. Architectural emblems and ornaments were symbols that conveyed concise and immediate meaning; they were also a crucial element in realizing the Romantic ideal of the synthesis of the arts.
Through the lens of Constant-Dufeux?s work, Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture explores the sudden proliferation of ornamental motifs in France, challenging the understanding that the twentieth-century modernist avant-garde developed in direct opposition to ornament. Ralph Ghoche examines architectural ornament from the July Monarchy to the Second Empire, revealing its connections to Romantic theories of symbolism and ideas about the power of form to elicit emotional responses. Ghoche repositions Constant-Dufeux as a pivotal figure in developing new forms of symbolic signification in architecture, establishing him as one of Romanticism?s key theoreticians.
Ornament and Symbol in French Romantic Architecture reconstructs vibrant debates surrounding theories of the symbol, the public function of architecture, and the quest for the synthesis of the arts, revealing architectural ornamentation to be part of a process of modernization that continued into the next generation of architects and artists, ultimately culminating in the advent of art nouveau.
?Ralph Ghoche?s book significantly enriches our understanding of the architectural and artistic milieu of nineteenth-century France. Each chapter sheds new light on the question of ornament by examining the career of Constant-Dufeux, an ?architect-artist? capable of uniting the various branches of the arts and crafts. Valuable reading for historians of the decorative and applied arts, it is also an in-depth study of architectural knowledge, education, and culture at a time when architects were defining their professional identity.? Estelle Thibault, École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Belleville
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