Grand Palais
Girault, Charles Louis; Deglane, Henri
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Alternative Titles
Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais
Date
1897-1900Description
Aerial view, from second platform of the Eiffel Tower, showing the entire glass roof of the Grand Palais; Girault 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-Théophile-Félix Thomas (1847-1907). The two buildings flank the broad Avenue Alexandre III, just off the Avenue des Champs-Elysées. The façades are interpretations of 18th-century French architecture. Behind exterior façades built entirely of stone, the Grand Palais is in fact one great iron-framed and glass hall (almost 240 metres long). Its plain interior décor centres on a grand staircase leading to the upper galleries. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/15/2010)
Type of Work
exhibition building; sculpture (visual work); museumSubject
architecture, Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France), world's fairs, historic quotation, temporary exhibits buildings, Beaux-Arts, Nineteenth century, Twentieth century
Rights
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