Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Reconsidering Victor Baltard
Chapter 2 Classicism and the Architect’s Education
Chapter 3 Representing Paris
Chapter 4 Decorated Construction
Chapter 5 An Urban History of the Central Markets
Chapter 6 Housing the City
Epilogue on Function and Typology in Baltard’s Urban Architecture
Appendix: Career Chronology of Victor Baltard
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Christopher Curtis Mead is Regents’ Professor of Architecture and Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico.
“This book promises to make an important contribution to the
literature on nineteenth-century French architecture.”—Kevin
Murphy,CUNY Graduate Center
“Finally we have a thorough and nuanced monograph on the architect
Victor Baltard, his contribution to the design of the world's most
renowned public market, and his rightful place—and that of his
oeuvre, including the markets—in shaping the modern French
capital.”—Helen Tangires,Center for Advanced Study in the Visual
Arts, National Gallery of Art
“In this outstanding work of scholarship, Mead (Univ. of New
Mexico) subjects the career of Victor Baltard, architect of Les
Halles, the Central Markets of Paris, to an examination that
commences with a discussion of the skepticism that has hovered over
Baltard's reputation since the 1870s. . . . Highly recommended.”—J.
Quinan Choice
“Mead’s Making Modern Paris effectively situates Baltard’s
achievement fully within the currents of his period and
demonstrates how the intellectual environment and administrative
structures within which he worked contributed to shaping his
approach to design.”—Christopher Drew Armstrong caa.reviews
“The great value of Mead’s meticulous study resides in his expert
demonstrations of Baltard’s exceptional sensitivity to history and
to historical context. These constitute a valuable contribution to
our understanding of the architect’s approach, and help open our
eyes to heretofore obscure aspects of midnineteenth-century French
planning more broadly.”—Richard Wittman Oxford Art Journal
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