Decorative Games - Ornament, Rhetoric, and Noble Culture in the Work of Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)

This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In charge of the buildings and grounds of Philippe, duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, Oppenord was at the center of the architectural practice of his time. As made evident by this album, his consummate draftsmanship, praised by his contemporaries and coveted by collectors, exceeded by far the practical demands usually required of architects.

About the author

Jean-François Bédard is Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University

Summary

Features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In charge of the buildings and grounds of Philippe, duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, Oppenord was at the centre of the architectural practice of his time.

Product details

• Authors: B DARD, Jean-Francois Bedard
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2011
• EAN: 9781644531440
• ISBN: 978-1-64453-144-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Art and Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history