City Hall, Tours: Three-quarter view

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

Beaux-Arts style is at its most spectacular in large public commissions. Overscaling (a device that characterizes Baroque more than classical architecture) prevents the H\u00F4tel de Ville (1897-1904) in Tours by Victor Laloux from being a mere pastiche of a 17th-century h\u00F4tel de ville; the atlantids framing the main entrance are truly awe-inspiring, almost surrealistic. The building also has sculpture by Louis Marie Cordonnier.

History

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Hotel de Ville, Tours

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

+47.390620+0.689345|Tours|Tours, Centre, France

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Beaux-Arts', 'Nineteenth century', 'Renaissance Revival']

Rights Statement

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

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Architecture City halls

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