Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Place de la Concorde
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Accession Number:
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176839
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Scenic night view of one of the Fontaines de la Concorde at play
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Date of View:
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5/15/1997
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Image description:
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Hittorff's two fountains were on the theme of rivers and seas, in part because of their proximity to the Ministry of Navy on the Place de la Concorde, and to the Seine. They are on a north-south axis aligned with the obelisk of Luxor, and the Rue Royale.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module FIVE
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Culture:
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French
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Subject:
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City planning
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; monuments ; obelisks (monumental pillars)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; waterworks; fountains
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works)
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Work Types:
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Built Environment; public spaces; squares (open spaces)
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Preferred Title:
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Place de la Concorde
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Agent Display:
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Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French architect, 1698-1782); Jacques-Ignace Hittorff (French architect, 1792-1867)
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Date:
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1829-1854 (alteration)
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Materials:
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paving; stone
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurement:
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86,400 m2 (area)
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Alternate Title:
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Place Louis XV
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Locations:
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Paris, ¿le-de-France, France
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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