Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Avant-foyer : détails de la voûte

People:

Louis-Émile Durandelle (photographer)
Charles Garnier (architect)

Title:

Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Avant-foyer : détails de la voûte

Date:

1880

Description:

Gérard Fontaine writes about the inscriptions in this print: "L'inscription en caractères grecs du VIIIe siècle (byzantins) signifie: 'La Mosaïque décorative a été appliquée pour la première fois en France pour l'ornementation de cette voûte et la vulgarisation de cet art. Les figures peintes par de Curzon ont été exécutées par Salviati, les ornements par Facchina. L'architecture est de Charles Garnier'." (op.cit. p. 127).

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 print(s)

Technique and media:

Colour print

Dimensions:

composition: 53,3 x 37 cm secondary support: 59,1 x 41,4 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0162.06:014

Drawing Type:

plan (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Ink on paper

Inscription:

imprinted, numbered and punched

Location:

Paris France

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

building
vaulted ceiling
mosaic (visual work)
friezes (entablature components)
motifs
opera house
vault
detail drawings
letters (signs)
decorated ceiling
mythology
engraving (print)
nude (representation)
male figure (representation)
female figure (representation)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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