Author: Adolphe Démy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : fr
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Essai historique sur les expositions universelles de Paris
Author: Adolphe Démy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : fr
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibitions
Languages : fr
Pages : 1116
Book Description
A Taste of Progress
Author: Nelleke Teughels
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317186427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
World exhibitions have been widely acknowledged as important sources for understanding the development of the modern consumer and urbanized society, yet whilst the function and purpose of architecture at these major events has been well-studied, the place of food has received very little attention. Food played a crucial part in the lived experience of the exhibitions: for visitors, who could acquaint themselves with the latest food innovations, exotic cuisines and ’traditional’ dishes; for officials attending lavish banquets; for the manufacturers who displayed their new culinary products; and for scientists who met to discuss the latest technologies in food hygiene. Food stood as a powerful semiotic device for communicating and maintaining conceptions of identity, history, traditions and progress, of inclusion and exclusion, making it a valuable tool for researching the construction of national or corporate sentiments. Combining recent developments in food studies and the history of major international exhibitions, this volume provides a refreshing alternative view of these international and intercultural spectacles.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317186427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
World exhibitions have been widely acknowledged as important sources for understanding the development of the modern consumer and urbanized society, yet whilst the function and purpose of architecture at these major events has been well-studied, the place of food has received very little attention. Food played a crucial part in the lived experience of the exhibitions: for visitors, who could acquaint themselves with the latest food innovations, exotic cuisines and ’traditional’ dishes; for officials attending lavish banquets; for the manufacturers who displayed their new culinary products; and for scientists who met to discuss the latest technologies in food hygiene. Food stood as a powerful semiotic device for communicating and maintaining conceptions of identity, history, traditions and progress, of inclusion and exclusion, making it a valuable tool for researching the construction of national or corporate sentiments. Combining recent developments in food studies and the history of major international exhibitions, this volume provides a refreshing alternative view of these international and intercultural spectacles.
Expositions
Author: Philippe Hamon
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520073258
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
In Expositions, Philippe Hamon leads us on an engaging intellectual stroll through the spaces and representations of the nineteenth-century French metropolis. Inspired by the cultural histories of Walter Benjamin and Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Expositions explores the spatial and cultural logic of Haussmann's sweeping Paris boulevards, classic novels by Balzac and Zola, the Bon March� department store, and the poetry of Baudelaire.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520073258
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
In Expositions, Philippe Hamon leads us on an engaging intellectual stroll through the spaces and representations of the nineteenth-century French metropolis. Inspired by the cultural histories of Walter Benjamin and Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Expositions explores the spatial and cultural logic of Haussmann's sweeping Paris boulevards, classic novels by Balzac and Zola, the Bon March� department store, and the poetry of Baudelaire.
Paris Reborn
Author: Stephane Kirkland
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250021669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Stephane Kirkland gives an engrossing account of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern history Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, 19th Century Paris, France was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks, churches, and public buildings. The Louvre Palace was expanded, Notre-Dame Cathedral was restored and the French masterpiece of the Second Empire, the Opéra Garnier, was built. A very large part of what we see when we visit Paris today originates from this short span of twenty-two years. The vision for the new Nineteenth Century Paris belonged to Napoleon III, who had led a long and difficult climb to absolute power. But his plans faltered until he brought in a civil servant, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, to take charge of the implementation. Heedless of controversy, at tremendous cost, Haussmann pressed ahead with the giant undertaking until, in 1870, his political enemies brought him down, just months before the collapse of the whole regime brought about the end of an era. Paris Reborn is a must-read for anyone who ever wondered how Paris, the city universally admired as a standard of urban beauty, became what it is.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1250021669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Stephane Kirkland gives an engrossing account of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern history Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, 19th Century Paris, France was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks, churches, and public buildings. The Louvre Palace was expanded, Notre-Dame Cathedral was restored and the French masterpiece of the Second Empire, the Opéra Garnier, was built. A very large part of what we see when we visit Paris today originates from this short span of twenty-two years. The vision for the new Nineteenth Century Paris belonged to Napoleon III, who had led a long and difficult climb to absolute power. But his plans faltered until he brought in a civil servant, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, to take charge of the implementation. Heedless of controversy, at tremendous cost, Haussmann pressed ahead with the giant undertaking until, in 1870, his political enemies brought him down, just months before the collapse of the whole regime brought about the end of an era. Paris Reborn is a must-read for anyone who ever wondered how Paris, the city universally admired as a standard of urban beauty, became what it is.
France on Display
Author: Shanny Peer
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791437100
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Explores national identity in twentieth-century France.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791437100
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Explores national identity in twentieth-century France.
The Arcades Project
Author: Walter Benjamin
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674043268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Focusing on the arcades of 19th-century Paris--glass-roofed rows of shops that were early centers of consumerism--Benjamin presents a montage of quotations from, and reflections on, hundreds of published sources. 46 illustrations.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674043268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
Book Description
Focusing on the arcades of 19th-century Paris--glass-roofed rows of shops that were early centers of consumerism--Benjamin presents a montage of quotations from, and reflections on, hundreds of published sources. 46 illustrations.
Bridging the Atlantic
Author: University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Center for Latin America
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791429174
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This collection of historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and literary essays examines the linkages between the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791429174
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This collection of historical, philosophical, sociopolitical, and literary essays examines the linkages between the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.
Readers in a Revolution
Author: David McKitterick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009200844
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book traces a revolution in values that transformed nineteenth-century attitudes to second-hand books, bibliography and collecting.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009200844
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This book traces a revolution in values that transformed nineteenth-century attitudes to second-hand books, bibliography and collecting.
Fleeting Cities
Author: A. Geppert
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230281834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230281834
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Imperial expositions held in fin-de-siècle London, Paris and Berlin were knots in a world wide web. Conceptualizing expositions as meta-media, Fleeting Cities constitutes a transnational and transdisciplinary investigation into how modernity was created and displayed, consumed and disputed in the European metropolis around 1900.
Paris 1889
Author: Annette Blaugrund
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Describes the historical background of the Universal Exposition and offers brief profiles of the American artists who exhibited there.
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Describes the historical background of the Universal Exposition and offers brief profiles of the American artists who exhibited there.