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Making Modern Paris

Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the Urban Practice of Architecture
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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.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Reconsidering Victor Baltard

Chapter 2 Classicism and the Architect’s Education

Chapter 3 Representing Paris

Chapter 4 Decorated Construction

Chapter 5 An Urban History of the Central Markets

Chapter 6 Housing the City

Epilogue on Function and Typology in Baltard’s Urban Architecture

Appendix: Career Chronology of Victor Baltard

Notes

Bibliography

Index


“The great value of Mead’s meticulous study resides in his expert demonstrations of Baltard’s exceptional sensitivity to history and to historical context. These constitute a valuable contribution to our understanding of the architect’s approach, and help open our eyes to heretofore obscure aspects of midnineteenth-century French planning more broadly.”

—Richard Wittman, Oxford Art Journal

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