Architecture in France 1800-1900

Architecture in France 1800-1900 Lemoine, Bertrand\n\nProduct Overview\nTracing the extraordinary architecture of 19th-century France, this book\nincorporates many of the glories of the period in photographs and drawings.\nThe architects of that era mined the past, drawing on the Classical, Medieval,\nRenaissance and Baroque periods, and also looked to the future for\ninspiration. The Napoleonic era gave birth to Neo-classical monuments that\nrecall Imperial Rome; the grand projects of the Second Empire created much of\nthe Paris we know today; and new technology revolutionized architecture and\nspawned spectacular iron-and-glass railway stations, covered markets,\nexhibition halls, department stores, and landmark buildings such as Henri\nLabrouste's libraries and Gustave Eiffel's famed tower. The end of the century\nsaw the rise of Art Nouveau, exemplified by Hector Guimard's flamboyant Paris\nMetro stations. The author is an architect and engineer who has written many\nbooks and ar-