bienvenue à paris! la tour eiffel world’s fair, 1889 1652 steps – world's tallest building...
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Bienvenue à
Paris!
La Tour Eiffel
La Tour Eiffel• World’s Fair, 1889• 1652 steps – world's
tallest building until 1930• 2 years (1887-1889) to
construct • People hated it• Almost destroyed (1909);
saved for antenna• Used for radio
transmissions thereafter
L’Arc de Triomphe
L’Arc de Triomphe
• Champs-Elysées• Place Charles de Gaulle• Commissioned by
Napoléon, 1806; completed 1836
• Relief sculptures at bases of the four pillars
• Names of major victories and 558 generals engraved on walls
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the eternal flame below
La Cathédrale de Notre Dame
La Cathédrale de Notre Dame: L’histoire
• Construction: 1163 (Louis VII) – 1345 (Philippe VI)
• Revolution ( 1789 ): Destruction and plundering; interior used for storage
• 2 December 1804: Coronation of Napoléon and Josephine
La Cathédrale de Notre Dame: L’architecture
• Gothic style – ornate, detailed
• Stained Glass– Depicts saints or Biblical
scenes– La Rosasse – large,
circular window; Virgin Mary at center
• Flying Buttresses– Redistribute weight,
support exterior walls• Gargoyles
– Scare away bad spirits– Protect exterior walls from
water damage
Le Musée du Louvre
Le Musée du Louvre
• 1200: Construction began by King Philippe August– Fortress on banks of Seine
• 1300’s: Became official royal residence under Charles V
• Construction continued under many kings until 1682
• 1682: Louis XIV moved royal residence to Versailles
• 1793: Public Museum– Art now accessible to all
• The Pyramid opened April 1989 to serve as new entrance and reception area
The Coronation of Josephineby Louis David
Liberty Leading the Peopleby Eugène Delacroix
Other Works at the Louvre
Canova:
Psyche and Cupid(detail)
Venus de Milo
da Vinci:
Mona Lisa (La Jaconde)
Victoire de Samothrace
Versailles
La Grande Arche de la Défense
Les Arcs de Paris
• Form a straight line through Paris
• Line connects:– The Louvre– Arc du Caroussel– Place de la
Concorde– Champs Elysées– Arc de Triomphe– Arche de la
Défense (modern part of Paris)
La Place de la Concorde
La Place de la Concorde
• Held the guillotine that executed Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and 2800 others between 1793 and 1795
• The smell of blood was so strong that a herd of cattle refused to cross the place
• Obelisk of Luxor, a gift from Egypt – Heirogliphics
La Place de la Bastille
La Place de la Bastille
• The Colonne de Juillet• It marks the site of the
prison known as the Bastille– stormed by the Mob in
1789 at the start of the French Revolution.
• This square is also home to the Opéra Bastille– completed in 1990– commemorates
bicentennial of Revolution
L’Opéra National de Paris
L’Opéra Garnier(Paris Opera House)
• Built in 1875• Scene of The
Phantom of the Opera– Written by Gaston
Leroux
• Garnier also designed the Café de la Paix
Montmartre et Sacré Cœur
Montmartre et Sacré Cœur• Montmartre = Section
of Paris• Basilique du Sacré
Cœur• Place du Tertre
Le Panthéon, L’Hôtel des Invalides
Le Panthéon, L’Hôtel des Invalides
• Le Panthéon– Necropolis– Voltaire, Rousseau,
Hugo, 58 more
• L’Hôtel des Invalides– Arms for Mob – Napoléon’s tomb
Œuvres Citées / Works Cited
• Photos of monuments and title page Paris map taken from www.paris.org.
• Paris map with monuments taken from http://www.apartaparis.com/plan_paris.html.
• All Louvre artwork taken from www.louvre.fr.• The Storming of the Bastille painting taken from
http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/17352/mcms.html.
• The “Phantom of the Opera” Mask and Rose taken from http://kms.kalahari.net/ann/ct/lg/2954345.jpg.