Parisian Architecture of the Belle EpoqueTurn of the century Paris is often referred to as the belle époque, a golden age of affluence and artistic creativity before the turmoil of the First World War. This was the Paris of artists such as Bonnard, Rodin, Seurat and Vuillard, as well as writers and musicians such as Debussy, Zola and Maupassant. The Eiffel Tower had just been built and the Moulin Rouge was in its heyday - Paris was the cosmopolitan capital of pleasure and culture. The architecture of the period, however, has generally been neglected known only for the Art Nouveau designs of Guimard's Metro entrances and restaurants such as Maxim's. This book, based on a thorough survey of Parisian buildings of the era, connects the medievalism of Viollet-le-Duc, the classical tradition of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and early developments in metal and concrete construction with modern pioneers like Perret, de Baudot and Sauvage. Including the exuberant designs by architects working in the 'Ritz style', as well as the work of a multitude of architects whose names are at present unknown, Parisian Architecture of the Belle Epoque is a truly comprehensive and visually sumptuous study of this under exposed period of architecture. |
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Contents | 6 |
The Ecole des BeauxArts | 64 |
The Social Aspect | 148 |
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1889 Exhibition Albert Louvet apartment blocks arches architects architecture arrondissements Art Nouveau atelier Auguste Perret avenue balconies balustrades Baudot bays bedrooms Belle Epoque boulevard bourgeois brick brickwork building built cafés central centre century CHAMBRE Chapter Charles Charles Girault Charles Plumet Chedanne classical coloured columns concrete construction contrast corner cornice curved decoration detail dipl Ecole des Beaux-Arts elevation emphasised entrance example exposed iron external facade flats François French Friesé Galerie Gare Georges Chedanne glazed Grand ground floor Groupe scolaire Guadet Guimard hall Hector Guimard Henri Henri Deglane Henri Sauvage Hôtel House immeubles Julien Julien Guadet lintels Louis Bonnier mainly Métro Napoléon Opéra Palais des Machines Paris Parisian Paul Petit Palais Plumet Prix de Rome pupil Raspail restaurants Rococo Rome roof rooms rue Réaumur Salon sculpture social staircase stone storeys street structure style Théâtre Third Republic tiles traditional upper floors Viollet-le-Duc walls