Commemorative Architecture, Periclean Athens and the Polish Revolution of 1791

Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier’s Parthenon-Inspired Temple for Warsaw

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ID12936578
AuthorsMikolaj Getka-Kenig (0000-0002-1180-064X, Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume15
Issue4
Pages434-457
Publication date2023-08-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueClassical Receptions Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1759-5134 • E-ISSN: 1759-5142
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/crj/clad014
OpenAlexW4385800101
LanguageEN
References cited23

Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier’s design for the Temple of Providence in Warsaw, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth’s capital, is the earliest known evidence of European fascination with the Parthenon as a model for modern commemorative architecture. However, it was this proposal’s specific political context which makes it especially interesting from the perspective of classical reception studies. It was an artistic reaction of an aristocratic philhellene to the destructive tendencies of the French Revolution on the eve of the Bourbon monarchy’s abolition. The choice of the Parthenon was expressive of Choiseul-Gouffier’s admiration for the idealized heritage of ancient aristocratic republicanism and its alleged relevance to the political culture of the modern ‘republic’ of Poland-Lithuania

Admiration · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Capital (architecture · Commonwealth · Context (archaeology · Humanities · Literature · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Visual arts · Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Medieval European History and Architecture · Architecture · Classics · History · Law

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