L’architecture du pouvoir : projets et réalisations de palais du Parlement, de Dublin à Westminster
The paper examines the link between the way in which the architecture of Parliament Houses, British identity and the image of political elites evolved from 1730 to 1840. Towards 1730, the new Dublin Parliament and the Palladian projects in London illustrated the appeal of a cosmopolitan classicism...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2006-01-01
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| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1630 |
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| Summary: | The paper examines the link between the way in which the architecture of Parliament Houses, British identity and the image of political elites evolved from 1730 to 1840. Towards 1730, the new Dublin Parliament and the Palladian projects in London illustrated the appeal of a cosmopolitan classicism inspired by Antiquity for the Whig élites. On the contrary, the choice of Gothic for the reconstruction of the London Parliament after 1834 expresses the identification of the élites with the national genius and the accession of the United Kingdom to autonomy in the field of the fine arts. |
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| ISSN: | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |