Paris from the ground up

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Paris from the ground up

James H.S. McGregor

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Paris is the most personal of cities. There is a Paris for the medievalist, and another for the modernist-a Paris for expatriates, philosophers, artists, romantics, and revolutionaries of every stripe. James H. S. McGregor brings these multiple perspectives into focus throughout this concise, unique history of the City of Light. His panorama begins with an ancient Gallic fortress on the Seine, burned to the ground by its own defenders in a vain effort to starve out Caesar's legions. After ninth-century raids by the Vikings ended, Parisians expanded the walls of their tiny sanctuary on the Ile de la Cite, turning the river's right bank into a thriving commercial district and the Rive Gauche into a college town. Gothic spires expressed a taste for architectural novelty, matched only by the palaces and pleasure gardens of successive monarchs whose ingenuity made Paris the epitome of everything French. The fires of Revolution threatened all that had come before, but Baron Haussmann saw opportunity in the wreckage. No planned city in the world is more famous than his. Paris from the Ground Up allows readers to trace the city's evolution in its architecture and art-from the Roman arena to the Musee d'Orsay, from the Louvre's defensive foundations to I. M. Pei's transparent pyramids. Color maps, along with identifying illustrations, make the city accessible to visitors by foot, Metro, or riverboat.

目次

* Introduction * Outpost of Empire * The Cathedral of Notre Dame * Gothic Ascendancy * Foundations of the Louvre * City of Light * The Limits of Royal Ambition * Revolution and Redesign * Paris on the Edge * Information * Further Reading * Acknowledgments * Illustration Credits * Index * Maps

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  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB05514855
  • ISBN
    • 9780674057388
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, Mass
  • ページ数/冊数
    327 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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