Paris
Subtitle: city of art
By: Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos.
Publisher: Vendome
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 706
Subjects: Art, French -- France -- Paris
Work titles: Art de Paris.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The layering of people, religions, and dynasties (up to 1140): Saint-Germain-des-Prés ; Early Gothic art (1140-1220): Notre Dame Cathedral ; Rayonnant Gothic art (1220-1330): Palais de la Cité ; The first Valois Kings (1330-1450).; title: pt. 2. Modern times. The Renaissance (1450-1540): Hôtel de Ville ; Atticism and Mannerism (1540-1600): The Louvre ; The first Bourbons (1600-1660) ; The first thirty years of the personal reign of Louis XIV (1660-1690) ; The late Louis XIV style and the Rococo (1690-1760): The Pantheon ; Antiquity and the Revolution (1760-1800): The Palais Royal.; title: pt. 3. The contemporary era. The last kings (1800-1870) ; The Belle Epoque (1870-1918) ; The turbulent years (1914-1940).; title: Epilogue: Late modernity.; title: Appendix: Maps.