Orsay : Architecture - Couverture souple

Musee, D'orsay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 2866563441 ISBN 13 : 9782866563448

Editeur : Scala Publishers Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

The nineteenth century was an extraordinarily fertile period for French architecture. Public and private commissions poured in, virtually creating a modern Paris in about thirty years. International exhibitions inspired the most utopic projects, giving huge scope to aspiring architects. It was also the time of major excavations and the study of ancient buildings, notably those of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, which fuelled the imagination of architects as well known as Viollet-le Duc, Duban, Lassus and Lefuel. The Musee D'Orsay gives as much emphasis to its architectural displays as it does to its paintings and sculpture. It houses nearly 18,000 examples of architectural planning in the form of models and drawings, the most prestigious being those for Eiffel and Guimard. This title, the first to be published on the architectural displays at Orsay and the next in the series of titles from Scala, presents 100 highlights of this extraordinary collection.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Caroline Mathieu is Chief Curator at the Musee D'Orsay, most especially responsible for the architecture collection.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

The architecture drawings of the Musée d'Orsay are less well known than the painting or sculpture collections. Yet they represent over 18,000 items including two outstanding ensembles: the Eiffel and the Guimard collections. The notion of creating "an architecture drawing gallery" arose in 1890 but although several donations and acquired a few dozen drawings, this permanent gallery never saw the light. It was not until a century later when the Musée d'Orsay opened Chat architecture would enter a multidisciplinary museum devoted to the wonderfully rich period of the lace 19th and early 20th centuries. Under the Second Empire and even more so under the Third Republic, booming industrial society required more and more public buildings, churches, prisons, theatres and apartment blocks. Concurrently World's Fairs became the breeding ground of fertile imaginations: the Eiffel Tower is the most eloquent illustration. Then of the turn of the century Art Nouveau whipped up the winds of emancipation and novelty.

This book reveals of last the unsuspected treasures of this collection in 80 works selected and presented by Caroline Mathieu.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scala Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 2866563441
• ISBN 13: 9782866563448
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 77
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible