Main entry:

Van Zanten, David, 1943-

Title & Author:

Building Paris : architectural institutions and the transformation of the French capital, 1830-1870 / David Van Zanten.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Description:

xix, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-345) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Quartier de l'Opéra -- 2. The Government Architectural Services -- 3. The Foreground: The Fundamentals of Representational Building -- 4. The Background: The Fundamentals of Private and Institutional Building -- 5. The Architects -- 6. Haussmann, Baltard, and Municipal Architecture -- 7. Churches and Historic Monuments -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index.

Summary:

Building Paris provides an overview of the various architectural services that collectively gave shape to the French capital during a period of explosive growth, from 1830 to 1870. In his analysis of the transformation of Paris during this period, David Van Zanten demonstrates how a succession of royal and imperial monarchs used urban projects as representations of their authority.
This study also chronicles the dissolution of the traditional absolutist political structures before the emergence of national consciousness and amid the splintering of state authority into an array of distinct and competing architectural services. Building Paris demonstrates, moreover, how private architectural enterprise, which emerged in this period, was accommodated by government institutions, and how it achieved dominance in the building profession by the end of the century.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

052139421X (hardback)
9780521394215 (hardback)

Subject:

Paris
Neoclassicism (Architecture) France Paris.
Architects and patrons France Paris History 19th century.
City planning France Paris History 19th century.
Architecture and state France Paris.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) France Paris.
Architectes et mécènes France Paris Histoire 19e siècle.
Urbanisme France Paris Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale France Paris.
Architects and patrons
Architecture and state
Buildings
City planning
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Architektur
Städtebau
Bouwkunst.
Stedenbouw.
Overheidsbeleid.
Arquitetura (franca)
Planejamento territorial urbano (historia)
Arquitetura neo-classica.
Architecture and state France Paris 19th century.
City planning France.
Architecture 19e siècle Paris (France)
Politique urbaine France Paris (France) Histoire 19e siècle.
Néo-classicisme (architecture) France Paris (France)
Architecture et État France Paris (France) 19e siècle.
Urbanisme France Paris (France) 19e siècle.
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
France Paris
Paris (France) City planning 19th century.
Paris (France) Constructions.
Architecture
Paris (France)

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105386
Call No.: ID NA1050.V358; ID:94-B2193
Status: Available