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[CHER]. [COMMUNE DE PLOU]. CHÂTEAU DE CASTELNAU. SEIGNEURS DE BUSSY
[CHER]. [COMMUNE DE PLOU]. CHÂTEAU DE CASTELNAU. SEIGNEURS DE BUSSY
CHARLES-JOSEPH PATISSIER DE BUSSY, MARQUIS OF CASTELNAU
Plan and Elevation of the exterior and dedant of the chasteau of Castelnau with its toizay at the right.
Three-dimensional model, paper and flexible cardboard, ink and watercolor.
Dimensions of the box: 620 x 860 mm.
Plan preserved in a custom-made canvas case. Modern binding, recent restorations.
Dimensions of the plan unfolded flat: 1355 x 1230 mm.
France, Berry, ca. 1770 (probably made contemporaneously with the establishment of the Geometrical Atlas dated 1766-1768, see below)
Exceptional system model of the castle of Castelnau (Plou, department of Cher) in three dimensions, with the elevations of the walls able to rise, fall back and fold flat: the details abound, the architectural and decorative elements are rendered with great finesse. The castle of Castelnau is a Renaissance construction reworked in the 17th and 18th centuries.
In France, the first relief representations, in wood or copper, date from the 17th century: there are also three-dimensional paper models whose elements unfold and fold down, but the fragile nature of cardboard means that few of them are kept. See R. Tassin's article "Le rôle de la maquette dans le processus de conception architecturale en France au 18e s.", in Les maquettes d'architecture, fonction et évolution d'un instrument de conception et de réalisation, Paris/Rome, 2015, pp. 231-242. Few models of civil architecture are preserved: for example, the model of the Tour du Temple (4th quarter of the 18th century) in the Musée Carnavalet.
The commune of Plou, situated about 20 km from Bourges, was formerly home to the vassal castle of Breuilhamenon, which was replaced by the present castle of Castelnau. The lordship
ARG2021
CHARLES-JOSEPH PATISSIER DE BUSSY, MARQUIS OF CASTELNAU
Plan and Elevation of the exterior and dedant of the chasteau of Castelnau with its toizay at the right.
Three-dimensional model, paper and flexible cardboard, ink and watercolor.
Dimensions of the box: 620 x 860 mm.
Plan preserved in a custom-made canvas case. Modern binding, recent restorations.
Dimensions of the plan unfolded flat: 1355 x 1230 mm.
France, Berry, ca. 1770 (probably made contemporaneously with the establishment of the Geometrical Atlas dated 1766-1768, see below)
Exceptional system model of the castle of Castelnau (Plou, department of Cher) in three dimensions, with the elevations of the walls able to rise, fall back and fold flat: the details abound, the architectural and decorative elements are rendered with great finesse. The castle of Castelnau is a Renaissance construction reworked in the 17th and 18th centuries.
In France, the first relief representations, in wood or copper, date from the 17th century: there are also three-dimensional paper models whose elements unfold and fold down, but the fragile nature of cardboard means that few of them are kept. See R. Tassin's article "Le rôle de la maquette dans le processus de conception architecturale en France au 18e s.", in Les maquettes d'architecture, fonction et évolution d'un instrument de conception et de réalisation, Paris/Rome, 2015, pp. 231-242. Few models of civil architecture are preserved: for example, the model of the Tour du Temple (4th quarter of the 18th century) in the Musée Carnavalet.
The commune of Plou, situated about 20 km from Bourges, was formerly home to the vassal castle of Breuilhamenon, which was replaced by the present castle of Castelnau. The lordship
ARG2021