The Place de nos conquêtes and the unraveling of the myth of Louis XIV

Author

Ziskin, Rochelle

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1994, Num. 1, Vol. 76, 147-162, 21 ill.; 4 maps

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

Toward the end of his reign Louis XIV abandoned several projects intended to cast Paris as the successor to imperial Rome. Most significant among them was the first incarnation of the Place Vendôme, begun by the Crown in 1685 and razed in 1699. Considers the role that square was meant to play in royal ceremonial in the capital, its intended audience, and why both program and form so soon became untenable. The fate of the Place de Nos Conquêtes is as crucial to our understanding of the reign as the rebuilding of the Louvre or the transformation of Versailles.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Urbanism -- France
• Urbanism
• France
• 1600-1700
• Place de Nos Conquêtes||Paris (FRA)
• Squares (urban spaces)
• Louis XIV, king of France, 1638-1715
• Patronage

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Urbanisme -- France
• Urbanisme
• France
• 1600-1700
• Place de Nos Conquêtes||Paris (FRA)
• Place
• Louis XIV, roi de France, 1638-1715
• Mécénat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00344522

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