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The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (17951816) Jennifer Carter, Ph.D. Candidate School of Architecture, McGill University Montréal …………………………………………………………………………………. R e c o n c i l i n g P o e t i c s a n d E t h i c s i n A r c h i t e c t u r e C a n a d i a n C e n t r e f o r A r c h i t e c t u r e 1 4 . I X . 2 0 0 7

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Page 1: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction:Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée

des Monuments français (17951816)

Jennifer Carter, Ph.D. Candidate

School of Architecture, McGill University

Montréal

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Page 2: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Sketch of the convent of the Petits-Augustins, c.17th century

After Père Lubin,in Andrée Jacob, Vie et histoire du Vième arrondissement: Champs-Élysées, Faubourg du Roule, Madeleine, Europe: histoire, anecdotes, curiosités, monuments, musées, jardins, promenades, dictionnaire des rues pratiques, 1987

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Plan of the Musée des Monuments français

J-B-B de Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectivesdes Salles du Musée des monuments français, 1816

Page 4: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Plan of the Musée des Monuments français, 1809

Inventaire général des richesses d'art de la France: Archives du Musée des monuments français. 3 vols. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit, 1883-1897

Page 5: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Lenoir’s plan of the three “architecture” courtyards at the Musée des Monuments français Musée des monumens français, Tome IV, planche 165

Page 6: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Sketch of the entrance to the MMF with portico from Château d’Ânet

Designed by Lenoir; in Recueil de gravures pour servir à l’histoiredes arts en France, 1812

View of Entrance to the MMF, and entrance to the Elysium

Drawn by Biet; in Brès, Souvenirs du Musée des Monumensfrançais, 1821

Page 7: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Thirteenth-century Hall

Drawn by Vauzelle; in Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectivesDes Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

Page 8: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Fourteenth-century Hall

Drawn by Vauzelle; in Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectivesdes Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

Page 9: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Fifteenth-century Hall

Drawn by Vauzelle; in Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectives des Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

Page 10: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Sixteenth-century Hall

Drawn by Vauzelle; in Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectives des Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

Page 11: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Seventeenth-century Hall

Drawn by Vauzelle; in Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectivesdes Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

Page 12: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, 1796

Grand Gallery of the Louvre, c. 1801 - 1805

Hubert Robert

Page 13: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Musée des monumens français, ou Description historique et chronologique des statues en marbre et en bronze, bas-reliefs et tombeaux des hommes et des femmes célèbres, pour servir à l’Histoire de France et à celle de l’Art, 1800

Page 14: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Portrait of Alexandre Lenoir, 1796

Marie-Geneviève Bouliard(1763-1825)Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Portrait d’Alexandre Lenoir, conservateur du Musée des Monuments français, 1799?

Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine (1774-1860)

(Lenoir holds the urn containing Molière’s ashes in his arms, and stands before the tomb of Francis I)

QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

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Essai sur les jardins, 1774

Claude Watelet

Promenade ou Itinéraire des jardins d’Ermenonville, 1788

J. Mérigot, fils

Page 16: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Fabriques designed by Lenoir in the Elysium garden:

Nicolas Boileau

René Descartes

Molière

Musée des Monumens français, Tome 5

Page 17: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Invention or archetype:

Two types of fabriques produced by Lenoir:

Tombstone of René Descartes and Monument dedicated to Louis XII

Page 18: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Fabrique monument to Bernard de Montfauçon

Designed by Lenoir; Musée des Monumens français, Tome 5,Planche 202

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Fabrique monument to Héloïse and Abélard

Designed by Lenoir Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectivesdes Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

Brès, Souvenirs du Musée des Monumensfrançais, 1821

Page 20: The Ethics of Conservation, the Poetics of Reconstruction: Historiography and the fabrique at the Musée des Monuments français (1795 1816) Jennifer Carter,

Fabrique monument to Héloïse and Abélard

Designed by Lenoir;Musée des monumens français, Tome 1, planche 40

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View of the Elysium

Lenoir, Recueil de gravures pour servir à l’histoire des arts en France, 1812

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Views of the Elysium garden

Drawn by Vauzelle; in Roquefort, Vues pittoresques et perspectivesdes Salles du Musée des Monuments français, 1816

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The Dome Area Looking East, 1811, and The Sepulchral Chamber and the Dome Area above, 1825 (Sir John Soane’s Museum)

J.M. Gandy, Watercolor

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Fragments in the Monk’s Yard, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London

Fabrique monument to René Descartes

Designed by Lenoir

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Installation views of the Sir John Soane Museum, London

(The Dome Area and the Study looking south)

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Tombstone monument to Alexandre Lenoir

Engraved by Beauvallet; in Musée desmonumens français, Tome I, Frontispiece