Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris
Édouard Baldus (French, 1813–1889)
1860–1869
- Medium
- albumen print from collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 21.5 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); Mounted: 32.6 x 43.5 cm (12 13/16 x 17 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Photograph
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
France, 19th century
About
The construction materials seen here in the foreground symbolize the fact that for three decades starting in 1854, Paris was a construction site as Baron Haussmann replaced the crooked streets and crumbling buildings of medieval Paris with a modern city. Its rational city plan featured broad avenues that radiated from key sites like the Arc de Triomphe.
