Lantern slides created in France during the late 19th or early 20th century. Image subjects include churches and cathedrals, castles, palaces, public buildings, bridges, sculpture, artifacts taken from other countries, and street scenes. These lantern slides were intended for use in architectural pedagogy. Some images include people and fashions of the time.
Architectural Lantern Slides of France
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
One of the largest French royal chateaux. Originally a medieval palace, Francis I (1494-1547) commissioned Gilles le Breton to build a palace in the new Renaissance style. Beginning in about 1528, the Gallery Francis I was constructed. The style of decoration developed here became known as the first School of Fontainebleau and became the first great decorated gallery built in France. Fontainebleau has served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III. It is now a na…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Nave and Screen possibly in the Royal Monastery of Brou, a religious complex located at Bourg-en-Bresse, France. Built by Margaret of Austria as a monument to the memory of her husband, Philibert the Fair, Duke of Savoy. Called a masterpiece of the Flamboyant Gotic style.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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A monument of the Flamboyant Gothic style, built from the end of the 13th century. The building suffered heavily during World War II, although is was among the only standing buildings after the 1944 bombings.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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The current church was built between 1494 and 1657, on the site of two earlier churches. The facade, completed last, was the first example of the French baroque style in Paris.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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A church in Paris, France, possibly on or near the Rue Saint-Honoré. The name of this church is possibly associated with Saint Honore.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Baptistere Saint-Jean is the oldest Catholic church in France, dating from the 4th century. The central part of the building was constructed around 360. From the twelfth to fourteenth century, the church was embellished by frescoes which are still visible today. The building was abandoned in 1791 during the revolution, confiscated from the church and sold to a private citizen. It was repurchased in 1834 and underwent restoration in the middle of the 20th century.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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A Catholic church in Périgueux, France, a cathedral since 1669. The cathedral was designed on the model of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. The layout is in the form of a Greek cross.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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Located in the crypt of the Pasteur Museum, Paris. The sarcophagus is made of green Swedish marble, and is surrounded by a mosaic floor depicting branches of oak and laurel. The crypt and its chapel were constructed under the principal building of the Institut Pasteur.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
A Roman Catholic church in Avignon, France. A Romanesque building, constructed primarily in the second half of the 12th century. The building was abandoned and allowed to deteriorate during the Revolution but was reconsecrated in 1822. The most prominent feature of the cathedral is a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary atop the bell tower which was erected in 1859. The cathedral’s basic style in provençal Romanesque, with touches influenced by Greek and Roman architecture and later embellish…
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
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- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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A church in Paris, France, located on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, It contains the shrine of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. Jean-Paul Marat is buried in the church’s cemetery. The church was built between 1492 and 1626.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
- Description:
A church in Paris, France, located on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève in the 5th arrondissement, It contains the shrine of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of Paris. The church also contains the tombs of Blaise Pascal and Jean Racine. Jean-Paul Marat is buried in the church’s cemetery. The church was built between 1492 and 1626.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public
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- Creator(s):
- G. Massiot & cie
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A Roman theatre in Orange, Vaucluse, France, built early in the 1st century AD. It is one of the best preserved Roman theatres.
- Date Created:
- 1910-01-01
- Record Visibility:
- Public