Christopher Curtis Mead

Making Modern Paris Christopher Curtis Mead

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.; Investigates how architecture, technology, politics, and urban planning came together in French architect Victor Baltard's creation of the Central Markets of Paris. Presents a case study of the historical process that produced modern Paris between 1840 and 1870--Provided by publisher. Review Quotes:"This book promises to make an important contribution to the literature on nineteenth-century French architecture."--Kevin Murphy, CUNY Graduate CenterReview Quotes: This book promises to make an important contribution to the literature on nineteenth-century French architecture. Kevin Murphy, CUNY Graduate Center"Table of Contents: Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments Chapter 1 Reconsidering Victor BaltardChapter 2 Classicism and the Architect s EducationChapter 3 Representing ParisChapter 4 Decorated ConstructionChapter 5 An Urban History of the Central MarketsChapter 6 Housing the CityEpilogue on Function and Typology in Baltard s Urban Architecture Appendix: Career Chronology of Victor Baltard NotesBibliographyIndex"Review Quotes: This book promises to make an important contribution to the literature on nineteenth-century French architecture. Kevin Murphy, CUNY Graduate Center"Review Quotes: In this outstanding work of scholarship, Mead (Univ. of New Mexico) subjects the career of Victor Baltard, architect of Les Halles, the Central Markets of Paris, to an examination that commences with a discussion of the skepticism that has hovered over Baltard's reputation since the 1870s. . . . Highly recommended. J. Quinan, Choice"Review Quotes: Finally we have a thorough and nuanced monograph on the architect Victor Baltard, his contribution to the design of the world's most renowned public market, and his rightful place and that of his oeuvre, including the markets in shaping the modern French capital. Helen Tangires, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art"Publisher Marketing: The name of the architect Victor Baltard is inseparable from the Halles Centrales of Paris, the complex of iron-and-glass pavilions built between 1854 and 1874 in the historic heart of the city. Making Modern Paris is the only comprehensive study to address systematically not only the role Baltard played in the markets design and construction but also how the markets relate to the rest of Baltard s work and professional practice. Christopher Curtis Mead interprets the Central Markets as a cogent expression of Baltard s professional experience as he adjusted his academic training to new criteria of municipal administration, urban planning, and building technology. Considering his entire career over the three decades he worked for the Prefecture of the Seine, this investigation of how architectural and urban practice came together in Baltard s work offers a case study of the historical process that produced modern Paris between 1840 and 1870." Review Citations:

Choice 02/01/2013 (EAN 9780271050874, Library Binding)

Contributor Bio:  Mead, Christopher Curtis Christopher Curtis Mead is Regents Professor of Architecture and Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico.