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

by Jean-François Bedard

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 Orl ans, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644531453
• ISBN13: 9781644531457
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"