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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1937 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorCarlu, Jacquesen_US
dc.date1937en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-30T18:00:52Z
dc.date.available2013-08-30T18:00:52Z
dc.date.issued1937en_US
dc.identifier231626en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2432en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/139875
dc.descriptionLa Campagne (Campaign) by Paul Cornet, overall view with base of pool; Proposals to rebuild Gabriel Davioud’s Palais du Trocadéro for the Exposition Internationale (1937) in Paris resulted in Carlu's design for the Palais de Chaillot (with Louis Hippolyte Boileau and Leon Azéma (1888-1978)), enclosing within its two curved wings parts of the original structure. A monumental but well-proportioned building, it reflected the austere neo-classicism of the 1930s; its terraces form a strong perspective across the River Seine to the Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars. [Between these two wings the esplanade called the Place des Droits de l'Homme dominates the view of the Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars. The upper terrace is bordered with a reflecting pool/fountain and eight gilded bronze statues. These represent Youth (Alexander Descatoire), Flora (Marcel Gimond), Le Matin (Pryas) Campaign (Paul Cornet), Birds (Lucien Brasseur), Gardens (Robert Couturier), Spring (Paul Niclausse), and Fruits (Felix Desruelles).] Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 5/6/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; gilded bronzeen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectallegoryen_US
dc.subjecthuman figureen_US
dc.subjectExposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France)en_US
dc.subjectFountainsen_US
dc.subjectworld's fairsen_US
dc.subject"moderne"en_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectArt Decoen_US
dc.titlePalais de Chaillot: Place des Droits de l'Hommeen_US
dc.title.alternativeChaillot Palace: Plaza of the Rights of Manen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode6A1-CP-C-A1en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), casting (process)en_US
vra.worktypeplazaen_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
vra.worktypefountainen_US
dc.contributor.displayJacques Carlu (French architect, 1890-1976)en_US


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