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Scenic night view of one of the Fontaines de la Concorde at play

Title:

Place de la Concorde

Alternate Title:

Place Louis XV

View:

Scenic night view of one of the Fontaines de la Concorde at play

Creators:

Ange-Jacques Gabriel (French architect, 1698-1782); Jacques-Ignace Hittorff (French architect, 1792-1867)

Date:

1755- ca.1775 (creation); 1829-1854 (alteration)

Style/Period:

Nineteenth century

Location:

site: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Location Note:

8th arrondissement; Rue de Rivoli and Champs-Élysées

GPS:

+48.865556+2.321111

Culture:

French

Measurements:

86,400 m2 (area)

Materials:

paving; stone

Work Types:

built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains; built works; monuments; obelisks (monumental pillars); open spaces; squares (open spaces); visual works; casts (sculpture)

Description:

The commission for the Place Louis XV was awarded to the Premier Architecte, Anges-Jacques Gabriel. A preliminary design was approved in 1755; the definitive plan in 1757. Construction of the Place Louis XV continued until the 1770s. Under the direction of Nicolas-Marie Potain, Gabriel’s scheme transformed the muddy Esplanade into a knuckle that reinforced the great east–west axis of the Louvre and the Champs-Elysées, subsequently extended to Neuilly, and linked it with the peripheral boulevards, the Cours de la Reine and, via a bridge built by Perronet in 1786, the Left Bank . The Place Louis XV acted as a catalyst for residential development along the north side of the Champs-Elysées. The Comte de Rambuteau levelled and widened the line of boulevards from the Bastille to the re-named Place de la Concorde (ca. 1840), also redesigned by Hittorff (1829-1854). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)

View Description:

Hittorff's two fountains were on the theme of rivers and seas, in part because of their proximity to the Ministry of Navy on the Place de la Concorde, and to the Seine. They are on a north-south axis aligned with the obelisk of Luxor, and the Rue Royale.

Classification:

Architecture and City Planning

Technique:

carving (processes); construction (assembling)

Image Rights:

Vendor ID:

1A1-GAJ-PC-B4

MDID Identifier:

44839

Archivision Set:

Archivision Addition Module Five

Collection:

Archivision Module 5

Collection:

Front Page Content

Record created:

June 7, 2018

Last modified:

Sept. 23, 2018

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