The Complete Works of Percier and Fontaine

by Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine and Charles Percier

Known as "Napoleon's architects," Charles Percier (1764-1838) and Pierre Fontaine (1762-1853) were not only Emperor's official government architects, but two of the most celebrated teachers at the legendary Ecole des Beaux-Arts, responsible for developing the highly influential neoclassical Empire, or Directoire, style of design
In addition to their renovations to the Louvre and the Tuileries, and construction of the Arc de Tromphe de Carttousel,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616896981
• ISBN13: 9781616896980
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 4.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 9.2" x 12.2"