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Detailed description :Art history

Les hôtels de Soubise et de Rohan

Series Architectures

Editor(s) of the series:  Richard Copans, Stan Neumann

 Concept: The "Architectures" series is dedicated to the most significant achievements. It places each monument in its historical and spatial context, focusing both outside and inside the building.

Director(s): Richard Copans

Scientific advisor(s): Alexandre Gady

Synopsis: L’ Hotel de Soubise et l’hôtel de Rohan in the Marais district in Paris are two interpretations of the same model, the one of the private mansion “à la française”. Built by the same architects, for the same family, facing each other both sides of a large garden, these two works are making up a unique collection in the 18 th century French architecture. Land of rivalry of two great architects, Delamair and Boffrand, they illustrate the conflict between ancient and modern, the decline of classicism and triumph in France of this style as denigrate as elusive called Rococo.

Genre

Documentary

Length

26 minutes

Producer(s)

Richard Copans, Les Films d’Ici ; Catherine Derosier-Pouchous, Musée du Louvre

Co-producer(s)

Arte France, Cité de l’architecture et du Patrimoine

Commercial distribution

Les Films d’Ici

Non-commercial distribution

Heure Exquise

Images de la Culture – CNC