Parisian Views

by Shelley Rice

Book Overview

During the Second Empire (1852-1870), Baron Haussmann and Emperor Napoleon III reconstructed Paris into the City of Light. The government and other public institutions commissioned many photographers - among them Charles Marville, Henri Le Secq, Edouard-Denis Baldus, and Gustav Le Gray - to record the old Parisian architecture and to document the demolition and reconstruction. Shelly Rice explores not only the literal connections between photography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262681072
• ISBN13: 9780262681070
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.0"