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"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
- Ronald Reagan
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ZIN Product Number: 10299965
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 Format: Hardcover, 200 pages
Publisher: Abrams,Harry N Inc
ISBN: 0810940906
Release Date: Jan 5, 1998
| |  | | | In Brief
The glories of 19th-century French architecture are captured in more than 170 photos and drawings, most of them in color, in this extraordinary volume, written by the director-of research at France's National Council for Social Research.
| | | | From The Publisher
With an insightful text by Bertrand Lemoine and more than 170 photographs and drawings, most in full color, this book captures France's rich and diverse architecture from a century known for its opulence, eclecticism, and innovation. The Napoleonic era gave rise to Neoclassical monuments that recalled Imperial Rome. The grand projects of the Second Empire created much of the Paris we know today: for example, Charles Garnier's Iavish Opera House, the expanded Louvre, and the stately boulevards of Baron Haussmann's city plan. New towns, suburbs, and resorts were developed to accommodate a growing middle-class population, encouraging a demand for houses in a range of fanciful styles based on vernacular sources - Mediterranean villas, Norman castles, and Alpine chalets - and displaying picturesque elements such as turrets, bow windows, and decorative brick and terra-cotta decoration. And the latter half of the century produced many milestones of early modern architecture such as the masterful Neo-Grec libraries of Henri Labrouste, the dramatic iron structures of Gustave Eiffel, and the flamboyant Art Nouveau designs of Hector Guimard.
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| | | |  | | | | Introduction | 5 | | The French Tradition: Churches and Chateaux | 7 | | Residential Architecture: Apartment Buildings, Villas, and Town Houses | 27 | | Public Architecture: Government Building, Prisons, and Hospitals | 49 | | The Education of the Masses: Museums, Libraries, and Schools | 67 | | The Pleasure Palaces: Theaters, Circuses, Spas, Casinos, and Hotels | 85 | | The Architecture of Public Space: Monuments, Street Furniture, Bandstands, and Conservatories | 105 | | The Architecture of Industry: Factories, Workers' Housing, Industrial Buildings, and Banks | 121 | | Steam and Speed: Train Stations | 137 | | Temples of Commerce: Boutiques, Shopping Arcades, and Department Stores | 151 | | The Architecture of Trade: Open-Air Markets and Covered Market Halls | 167 | | Architecture as Engineering: Bridges, Aqueducts, and Viaducts | 181 | | Index | 198 | | Bibliography | 200 | | Credits | 200 |
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