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Paris in architecture, literature and art / May Peyron Spangler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spangler, May, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, French.
- French literature.
- Paris (France)--Intellectual life.
- Paris (France).
- Paris (France)--Description and travel.
- French literature--France--Paris.
- Architecture--France--Paris.
- Architecture.
- France--Paris.
- Art, French--France--Paris.
- Historic buildings--France--Paris.
- Historic buildings.
- Paris (France)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Paris (France)--History.
- Buildings.
- Intellectual life.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Peter Lang, [2018]
- Summary:
- Paris in Architecture, Literature, and Art' is a wide-ranging textbook that capitalizes on the little exposure liberal arts students have to architecture and the popularity of Paris. Designed for a college course in the Humanities, it also lends itself for a High School course or a study abroad program in Paris. 0The course focuses on Paris, which throughout history has been the stage and experimental ground for artists and intellectuals from all over the world, making it the crucible of western thoughts and consummate material for an interdisciplinary study. Each chapter presents a cultural movement such as Gothic, Classical, Romantic and Modern that are predominant in the Parisian landscape. The interdisciplinary approach promotes critical thinking, inspiring students to identify and translate aesthetic principles from one discipline to another, and explore, for instance, what an Impressionist literature or a Cubist architecture might be.
- Contents:
- Walls of Paris
- Gothic Paris : Notre-Dame and the Île de la Cité
- Renaissance Paris : wars of religion and the Louvre
- Classical Paris : Louis XIV and Versailles
- Romantic Paris : Napoléon and the Arc de Triomphe
- Realism in Haussmann's Paris
- Impressionism and the Tour Eiffel
- Cubism and modern architecture in Paris
- Beaubourg and postmodern Paris
- Conclusion: Grands Travaux and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781433139581
- 1433139588
- 9781433135354
- 1433135353
- OCLC:
- 978349738
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