Title Charles Garnier's Paris opéra : architectural empathy and the renaissance of French classicism / Christopher Curtis Mead

Published New York, N.Y. : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1991] ©1991

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
WATERFT ART&ARCH	725.822092 Mea/Cgp		AVAILABLE

Description 343 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm Contents Introduction: Garnier's Paris Opéra and a Question Of Style -- Chapter One: Charles Garnier's Life -- Chapter Two: The Opéra Competitions -- Chapter Three: Le Theatre and Garnier's Theory of Composition -- Chapter Four: Building The Opéra -- Chapter Five: Rethinking French Classicism -- Chapter Six: The Renaissance of Classicism -- Epilogue: Garnier's Paris Opera and the Stylistic Character of Empathy Analysis Opera houses Paris (France) Opera houses Paris (France) Notes "An Architectural History Foundation book" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index Subject Garnier, Charles, 1825-1898 -- Criticism and interpretation. Opéra de Paris. Architecture -- France -- 19th century -- Paris. Architecture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century. Architecture -- France -- Paris -- 19th century. Architecture, Modern -- 19th century -- France -- Paris. Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- France -- Paris. SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116525 Author Architectural History Foundation (New York, N.Y.) LC no. 91014366 ISBN 0262132753

Other Titles Paris opéra Paris opéra

  Permalink