Exposition universelle, 1900 - the chefs-d'uvre (1900) (14804058483)

Identifier: expositionuniver10walt (find matches)
Title: Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Walton, William, 1843-1915 Champier, Victor, b. 1851 Saglio, André, b. 1869 Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
Subjects: Art
Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Barrie & Son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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rangest and most beautiful sights in all the Exposition is the little palacebuilt of glass enclosing fire, rising high over the picturesque little lake;and at night, when it is all illuminated, and the dark figures of the visitorsascend and descend the wide and shining stairs, fixed, but impalpableapparently as flame, there is truly no simile of comparison but that of themuch quoted fairy land. This miscellaneous and diverting lever durideau extends all across the front of the Champ de Mars, to the greatGlohe Celeste outside the gates; beyond it, comes the more serious busi-ness of this section of the Exposition, contained in the two long buildingsthat extend down the sides of this great enclosure, on the sites of thetwo palaces of the fine and of the liberal arts of the Exposition of 1889.The new buildings show the effects of the new movement, they aremuch less conventional than those they replace,—and it appears to be THE TOUR EIFFEL FROM THE COLONNADE OF THE TROCADEROPHOTOGRAVURE
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i.,f^,u niH./y f ?imt„.. rJ, ARCHITECTURE 9 decided that, on the whole, they are not so restful and pleasing to theeye. That on the left, or eastern side, is devoted to mines and metallurgy,threads, woven stuffs and garments, and mechanics; that on the right,