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Paris from the ground up

Title: Paris from the ground up / James H.S. McGregor.
Author: McGregor, James H. (James Harvey), 1946-
Publication: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Description

327 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 24 cm.

Summary

Presents various perspectives on the history and evolution of the art and architecture of Paris, covering designs based on defense of the city, Gothic styles, the influence of royalty and revolution, and the work of civic planner Baron Haussmann.

Series Statement

From the ground up

Uniform Title

From the ground up.

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-308) and index.

Contents

Outpost of empire -- Cathedral of Notre Dame -- Gothic ascendancy -- Foundations of the Louvre -- City of light -- Limits of royal ambition -- Revolution and redesign -- Paris on the edge.

ISBN

9780674033160
0674033167

LCCN

2008043696

OCLC

ocn261174574
261174574
SCSB-14647403

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library