Reading the Royal Monument in Eighteenth-Centur, Chastel-Rousseau Paperback..

Taylor & Francis

This is the first in-depth study of the major role played by royal monuments in the public space of expanding cities across eighteenth-century Europe. Using the royal monuments as the basis for its examination of modern European cities, the book considers the development of urban landscapes from the creation of capital cities to the last embers of the Ancien R\u00E9gime and at how the royal politics of the arts affected the cityscapes of the time. > Reading the Royal Monument in Eighteenth-Century Europe is the first in-depth study of the major role played by royal monuments in the public space of expanding cities across eighteenth-century Europe. Using the royal public statues as the basis for its examination of modern European cities, the book considers the development of urban landscapes from the creation of capital cities to the last embers of the Ancien R\u00E9gime and at how the royal politics of the arts affected the cityscapes of the time. The focus of the book thereby in.