Grand Totem n°1 (2001).
From a collection of etching of imaginary gardens by the French artist at Galleria del Leone.
Pyramide n°1 (1991).
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The etching and engraving archive
Category: {architecture}
Architecture
Henri Rivière’s Eiffel Tower
Des Jardins du Trocadéro l’Automne.
Paris again and a suitably autumnal scene from Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1902) by Henri Rivière (1864–1951). Inspired by the celebrated Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, these do for the City of Light what Hokusai and Hiroshige did for Japan.
De la rue Beethoven.
Du Pont d’Austerlitz.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Peter Eudenbach’s Eiffel Ferris wheel
• City of Light
Return to the Exposition Universelle
Main entrance gate by René Binet.
I can’t leave the 1900 Paris exposition alone, and with good reason. If further proof were required that this event brought Winsor McCay’s Slumberland to earth for a few weeks, this stunning Brooklyn Museum Flickr set has the evidence. Not only five pages of high-resolution views but they’re all hand-tinted which adds to the splendour and highlights the ladies’ parasols.
For earlier posts on the Exposition Universelle, see the links below. Via Things Magazine.
Esplanade des Invalides.
Palace of Electricity.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Palais Lumineux
• Louis Bonnier’s exposition dreams
• Exposition Universelle, 1900
• The Palais du Trocadéro
• The Evanescent City
• Winsor McCay’s Hippodrome souvenirs
Daunting, dazzling – and doomed
Daunting, dazzling – and doomed
| The Tower of Babel.
Return to Las Pozas
Las Pozas is the unique fantasy/folly/Surrealist paradise which Edward James spent years building (and never quite finished) in the Mexican jungle of Xilitla. When I wrote about the place a couple of years ago decent photos were hard to find. Flickr has now filled the gap with this extensive set of views by Lucy Nieto. Lots of great details and some remarkable shots which show the scale of the structures, as does the picture above (note the people).
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The magic kingdom
• Las Pozas and Edward James