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Aerial View of Paris: Arc de Triomphe

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Year:
1868
Contributor:
Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910 (photographer)
Subject:
Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France)
Architecture > Monuments
Art > Photographs
1852-1870 (The Second Empire)
Extent:
1 photograph

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In an effort to symbolically commemorate his Grande Armée, Napoléon Bonaparte ordered the construction of the Arc de Triomphe in the eighth arrondissement. Although construction officially began in 1806, the monument was not completed until the time of Louis Philippe's reign in 1836. In 1854, under the direction of Napoléon III and Haussmann, architects implemented plans to create six new avenues extending from the Arc, resulting in what is now known as the Place de l'Étoile (photographed here by Félix Nadar). Also a writer and caricaturist, Nadar is best known for his photographic portraits and aerial photography of Paris from his balloon "Le Géant," as well as for patenting aerial photography.
Notes:
Gaillard, Marc. L'Arc de Triomphe. Amiens: Martelle, 1998.
Kjellberg, Pierre. Le Nouveau Guide des Statues de Paris. Paris : La Bibliothèque des arts, 1988.
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"Aerial View of Paris: Arc de Triomphe " (1868). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:80934/

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