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Charles Garnier's Paris Opera: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism (Architectural History Foundation Book)

Christopher Curtis Mead • MIT Press • ISBN Not provided

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Charles Garnier's Paris Opera: Architectural Empathy and the Renaissance of French Classicism (Architectural History Foundation Book)

Christopher Curtis Mead • MIT Press • ISBN-13 9780262132756

ISBN-10 1752625072 • 1991

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Charles Garnier’s Paris Opera (1861-1875) is one of the largest, most flamboyant, and most expensive monuments commissioned by the Second Empire of Napoleon III. For years scholars have recognized that the Opera is key to any understanding of nineteenth-century French architecture, yet questions of style that have surrounded the Opera since its inception have remained unresolved. By making systematic use of the mostl

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Publisher: MIT Press
1991
Pages: 343

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Contributor: Christopher Curtis Mead

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Category: ArchitectureCategory: Architecture, ModernCategory: Buildings, StructuresCategory: Criticism And InterpretationCategory: Modern ArchitectureCategory: Neoclassicism (architecture)Category: Opéra De Paris

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