Palace of Industry in Paris France Essay -- Architecture History

missing imagesgenus Paris 1855 The Universal Exposition inner and Exterior of the Palace of exertionThese selected images, an exterior view of the Palace of effort and a view of the interior(a) of the palace during the distribution of awards, are both(prenominal) detailed views from which much toilette be observed. Since both images are illustrations, as opposed to photographs, they may not be entirely accurate. The image of the interior is a lithograph, which is approximately thirty-five inches by fifteen inches. Because of the medium employed, the inside information of the image are not very sharp, but many details are included. Emperor Napoleon common chord can be seen handing come forth the awards, and his empress is seen seated behind him. The other image appears to have been taken from a french newspaper article. Today, the actual paper is very old, as can be evidenced by the large tear in the midpoint of the picture and its worn edges. The actual size of the illustr ation is about fifteen inches long and eight inches wide. Most significant about the Palace of Industry are its historical precedents, the evolution of its design, its successes and failures, and finally its role at the fair. by and by capital of the United Kingdom hosted the first international exposition in 1851, Napoleon III realized that France needed to seize back the initiative. The motive given for the 1855 Paris exposition was to celebrate forty years of peace in europium since Waterloo (Findling, pp. 16-17). A hidden agenda, however, was the competition among the major European nations, to establish their industrial and artistic supremacy. Napoleon III decided that France needed a large structure based on the plan of the Crystal Palace of London (Lavedan, p. 228). Therefore, in 1852, France held a competition fo... ...e success of the Palace of Industry, it did nothing to move on the careers of either Viel or Barrault. Regardless, the Palace of Industry was an influenti al step in the integration of this revolutionary material, iron, with traditional architecture.BibliographyFindling, John E. Historical Dictionary of Worlds Fairs and Expositions 1851-1988. late York City Greenwood Press, 1990.Lavedan, Pierre. French Architecture. London Scholar Press, 1956.Mignot, Claude. Architecture of the Nineteenth degree centigrade in Europe. New YorkCity Rizzoli International Publications Inc.,1984.Hautecoeur, Louis. Histoire de larchitecture classique en France. v. 7. Paris Rue Bonaparte, 1943.Steiner, Frances H. French Iron Architecture. Ann Arbor, Michigan UMI Research Press, 1984.Tach, J. C. Canada at the Universal array of 1855. Toronto Yonge Street, 1856.