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	Fontaine, Pierre-François-Léonard (b Pontoise, 20 Sept 1762; d Paris, 10 Oct 1853). French architect and writer. With his friend and collaborator, CHARLES PERCIER, he was one of the principal French architects of the 19th century and the best exponent of late Neo-classicism, or the EMPIRE STYLE. Born during the reign of Louis XVI, he died when Napoleon III was on the throne. Continuously, from 1800 to 1851, he held positions of the highest responsibility, supervising the construction of public buildings. As the architect to the government, he worked for Napoleon (see BONAPARTE, (1)), in Paris and at the châteaux of Saint-Cloud, Fontainebleau and Compiègne; he built the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (Louvre) and started the construction of the arcades in Rue de Rivoli (see PARIS, fig. 7). During the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, he built the Chapelle Expiatoire, Rue d’Anjou, Paris, and supervised for a number of years the site of the Arc de Triomphe at the Etoile. For Louis-Philippe, Fontaine built at Neuilly, completed the Palais Royal and carried out restorations.
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	Fontaine, Pierre-François-Léonard France, §II, 4(vi): Architecture, c 1814–c 1914: The city-machine Girodet, Anne-Louis, §1(ii): From c 1795: Paris architecture France, §II, 3(v): Revolutionary period & Empire style arch., c 1789–c 1814 Paris, §V, 6(ii): Palais du Louvre: Post-medieval Romanticism, §3(v): Manifestations in art: Architecture and planning Wilson, Charles chapels France, §II, 4: Architecture, c 1814–c 1914 Orléans, House of: (8) Ferdinand-Philippe, Duc d’Orléans libraries Poznan mausolea Mausoleum, §VI, 3: Late 18th century Mausoleum, §VII, 2: Mid-19th century collaboration Debret, Jean-Baptiste Display of art, §I, 1: Top- and sidelighting Letarouilly, Paul-Marie Meynier, Charles Monument, public, §5: Neo-classicism Ornament and pattern, §II, 6: Western Neo-classical Paris, §II, 5(i): Urban development: Revolution and First Empire, 1789–1814 Percier, Charles Percier, Charles, §2: Mature work, 1799–1814 Triumphal arch, §2: Later history drawings Architectural drawing, §2(iii): 19th century and after furniture Bed, §2: 1600 and after Biennais, Martin-Guillaume Chair, §3: After c 1450 France, §VI, 4: Furniture, 1794–1848 Spain, §VI, 3(i): Furniture, 1701–1813: Court furniture groups and movements Empire style, §1: Formulation and early phase Gothic Revival, §I, 1(iii): Architecture: Growth, theory and alliance with nationalism Neo-classicism, §1: Archaeology and the rise of historicism Neo-classicism, §5: The late phase Percier, Charles, §1: Training and early career, to 1798 Renaissance Revival, §1: Architecture interior decoration Acanthus, §2: c 1600 and after France, §V, 4: Interior decoration, 1723–1815 Grotesque, §5: After 1752 Pedestal Spain, §V, 4: Interior decoration, 1701–1813 metalwork Forestier patrons and collectors Bonaparte: (1) Napoleon I, §4: Architecture and urban planning Bonaparte: (1) Napoleon I, §6: International influence Bonaparte: (1) Napoleon I, §5: Decorative arts Bonaparte: (2) Josephine Bonaparte: (7) Pauline Bourbon, §II: (6) Charles IV, King of Spain Saint-Cloud, §1: Château pupils Gärtner: (2) Friedrich von Gärtner Grandjean de Montigny, Auguste-Henri-Victor Lusson, Adrien-Louis Penchaud, Michel-Robert Renard, Bruno Roelandt, Louis Joseph Adrien Stadler: (1) Hans Conrad Stadler silver France, §IX, 1(iv): Gold and silver, after 1789 staff Montferrand, August Ricard de stucco Stucco and plasterwork, §III, 10(i)(b): Western world, 1400–1850: France teachers Peyre: (2) Antoine-François Peyre Vaudoyer: (1) Antoine-Laurent-Thomas Vaudoyer writings Belgium, §VI, 3(i): Furniture, after 1800: Empire and revival styles France, §II, 4(i): Architecture, c 1814–c1914: Basilical variants & private arch. at the Restoration Pompeian Revival, §4: The 19th century and later illustrated Normand, Charles

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