Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture / Christopher Curtis Mead.

Main entry:

Mead, Christopher Curtis.

Title & Author:

Making modern Paris : Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture / Christopher Curtis Mead.

Publication:

Description:

xxi, 300 pages : illustrations, plans, photographs ; 27 cm.

Series:

Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 7

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-287) and index.
Reconsidering Victor Baltard -- Classicism and the architect's education -- Representing Paris -- Decorated construction -- An urban history of the Central Markets -- Housing the city -- Epilogue on function and typology in Baltard's urban architecture -- Appendix. Career chronology of Victor Baltard.

Summary:

"Investigates how architecture, technology, politics, and urban planning came together in French architect Victor Baltard's creation of the Central Markets of Paris. Presents a case study of the historical process that produced modern Paris between 1840 and 1870"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780271050874 (cloth ; alk. paper)
027105087X (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Baltard, Victor, 1805-1874 Criticism and interpretation.
Baltard, Victor, 1805-1874.
Baltard, Victor 1805-1874
Halles centrales (Paris, France)
Architecture and society France Paris History 19th century.
City planning France Paris History 19th century.
Architecture et société France Paris Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture and society
Buildings
City planning
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
France Paris
Halles Centrales

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Added entries:

Baltard, Victor, 1805-1874.
Buildings, landscapes, and societies ; 7.

Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the urban practice of architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 281181
Call No.: BIB 218307
Status: Available

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