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Grand Palais: Exterior detail, central facade topped with sculpture

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
A number of allegorical statue groups including work by sculptors Paul Gasq and Alfred Boucher. A monumental bronze quadriga by Georges R\u00E9cipon tops each wing of the main fa\u00E7ade.\u000a\u000aGirault had done temporary structures for Exposition Universelle, Paris, of 1889 and of 1900. He also erected two structures that were intended to outlast the 1900 exhibition: the Petit Palais, which was entirely his own work, and the Grand Palais, of which he was principal architect, working in partnership with Henri-Adolphe-Auguste Deglane, Albert Louvet (1860-1936) and Albert-Th\u00E9ophile-F\u00E9lix Thomas (1847-1907). The two buildings flank the broad Avenue Alexandre III, just off the Avenue des Champs-Elys\u00E9es. The fa\u00E7ades are interpretations of 18th-century French architecture. Behind exterior fa\u00E7ades built entirely of stone, the Grand Palais is in fact one great iron-framed and glass hall (almost 240 metres long). Its plain interior d\u00E9cor centres on a grand staircase leading to the upper galleries.

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Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Paris +48.866136+2.312465 Paris, Île-de-France, France: 8th arrondissement: 3, avenue du Général-Eisenhower

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Beaux-Arts', 'Nineteenth century', 'Twentieth century']

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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