Author: Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781472458896
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Art and Architecture in the French Atlantic World, 1608-1828 - Utopianism and Intransigence in a Paper Empire is the first comprehensive study of the art and architecture of the French Atlantic Empire, from Senegal to French Guyana, the Antilles to Louisiana, and the Great Lakes to Nouvelle-France (Quebec and the Maritimes). Although the arts and architecture of Spanish and Portuguese America today comprise one of the most flourishing subjects in the art-historical discipline the same cannot be said for those of its French equivalent, which astonishingly-except for regional scholarship on Quebec and a handful of studies of buildings in Louisiana-does not exist as a field. This book aims to do two things for the first time: (1) to amalgamate all regions of the French Atlantic Empire into a single study, treating them as the integrated whole which they in fact were; and (2) to contextualize French America within the history of Latin American art and architecture, examining how differing ideologies and utopianisms among the French and Iberian empires led to strikingly contrasting architectural and visual cultures despite shared histories of conquest, settlement, conversion, and forced labor. The book also will be the first project on the arts and architecture of early Modern Catholic America to incorporate the architecture and visual culture of colonial West Africa, an essential link of the chain of mercantile, military, and missionary activities which tied the empire together.
Art and Architecture in the French Atlantic World, 1608-1828
Author: Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781472458896
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Art and Architecture in the French Atlantic World, 1608-1828 - Utopianism and Intransigence in a Paper Empire is the first comprehensive study of the art and architecture of the French Atlantic Empire, from Senegal to French Guyana, the Antilles to Louisiana, and the Great Lakes to Nouvelle-France (Quebec and the Maritimes). Although the arts and architecture of Spanish and Portuguese America today comprise one of the most flourishing subjects in the art-historical discipline the same cannot be said for those of its French equivalent, which astonishingly-except for regional scholarship on Quebec and a handful of studies of buildings in Louisiana-does not exist as a field. This book aims to do two things for the first time: (1) to amalgamate all regions of the French Atlantic Empire into a single study, treating them as the integrated whole which they in fact were; and (2) to contextualize French America within the history of Latin American art and architecture, examining how differing ideologies and utopianisms among the French and Iberian empires led to strikingly contrasting architectural and visual cultures despite shared histories of conquest, settlement, conversion, and forced labor. The book also will be the first project on the arts and architecture of early Modern Catholic America to incorporate the architecture and visual culture of colonial West Africa, an essential link of the chain of mercantile, military, and missionary activities which tied the empire together.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781472458896
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Art and Architecture in the French Atlantic World, 1608-1828 - Utopianism and Intransigence in a Paper Empire is the first comprehensive study of the art and architecture of the French Atlantic Empire, from Senegal to French Guyana, the Antilles to Louisiana, and the Great Lakes to Nouvelle-France (Quebec and the Maritimes). Although the arts and architecture of Spanish and Portuguese America today comprise one of the most flourishing subjects in the art-historical discipline the same cannot be said for those of its French equivalent, which astonishingly-except for regional scholarship on Quebec and a handful of studies of buildings in Louisiana-does not exist as a field. This book aims to do two things for the first time: (1) to amalgamate all regions of the French Atlantic Empire into a single study, treating them as the integrated whole which they in fact were; and (2) to contextualize French America within the history of Latin American art and architecture, examining how differing ideologies and utopianisms among the French and Iberian empires led to strikingly contrasting architectural and visual cultures despite shared histories of conquest, settlement, conversion, and forced labor. The book also will be the first project on the arts and architecture of early Modern Catholic America to incorporate the architecture and visual culture of colonial West Africa, an essential link of the chain of mercantile, military, and missionary activities which tied the empire together.
Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire
Author: Gauvin Alexander Bailey
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773553762
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
Spanning from the West African coast to the Canadian prairies and south to Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Guiana, France's Atlantic empire was one of the largest political entities in the Western Hemisphere. Yet despite France's status as a nation at the forefront of architecture and the structures and designs from this period that still remain, its colonial building program has never been considered on a hemispheric scale. Drawing from hundreds of plans, drawings, photographic field surveys, and extensive archival sources, Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire focuses on the French state's and the Catholic Church's ideals and motivations for their urban and architectural projects in the Americas. In vibrant detail, Gauvin Alexander Bailey recreates a world that has been largely destroyed by wars, natural disasters, and fires – from Cap-François (now Cap-Haïtien), which once boasted palaces in the styles of Louis XV and formal gardens patterned after Versailles, to failed utopian cities like Kourou in Guiana. Vividly illustrated with examples of grand buildings, churches, and gardens, as well as simple houses and cottages, this volume also brings to life the architects who built these structures, not only French military engineers and white civilian builders, but also the free people of colour and slaves who contributed so much to the tropical colonies. Taking readers on a historical tour through the striking landmarks of the French colonial landscape, Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire presents a sweeping panorama of an entire hemisphere of architecture and its legacy.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773553762
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
Spanning from the West African coast to the Canadian prairies and south to Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Guiana, France's Atlantic empire was one of the largest political entities in the Western Hemisphere. Yet despite France's status as a nation at the forefront of architecture and the structures and designs from this period that still remain, its colonial building program has never been considered on a hemispheric scale. Drawing from hundreds of plans, drawings, photographic field surveys, and extensive archival sources, Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire focuses on the French state's and the Catholic Church's ideals and motivations for their urban and architectural projects in the Americas. In vibrant detail, Gauvin Alexander Bailey recreates a world that has been largely destroyed by wars, natural disasters, and fires – from Cap-François (now Cap-Haïtien), which once boasted palaces in the styles of Louis XV and formal gardens patterned after Versailles, to failed utopian cities like Kourou in Guiana. Vividly illustrated with examples of grand buildings, churches, and gardens, as well as simple houses and cottages, this volume also brings to life the architects who built these structures, not only French military engineers and white civilian builders, but also the free people of colour and slaves who contributed so much to the tropical colonies. Taking readers on a historical tour through the striking landmarks of the French colonial landscape, Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire presents a sweeping panorama of an entire hemisphere of architecture and its legacy.
History of the Colony of New Haven
Author: Edward Rodolphus Lambert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Century-Cyclopedia of Names
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Author: William Dwight Whitney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Historical Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
Author: Charles August Maude Fennell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Bulletin of Bibliography and Magazine Subject-index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Century Cyclopedia of Names
Author: Benjamin Eli Smith
Publisher: New York : The Century Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description
Publisher: New York : The Century Company
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
Book Description