Presentation- World Expositions of Paris 1889, 1900
Origination:
THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS:
-World Exhibitions brought tourists, artisans, and attention from around the world and established the host country as a power player in the world scene
-Diverse because many different international styles and people from all over the world joined to participate in one central location for six months or longer.
-the idea of an international application of the arts and sciences began in London in 1851, but was primarily focused on industry and not the arts.
1889:
- Seen as the centennial of the French Revolution, the French set out to make the 1889 Expo the most ambitious of any preceding international exposition to assert western Europe’s self confidence.
- However, many European monarchies in Europe opted to not participate since many regarded the 1889 Expo as a celebration of the abolishment of a previous regime that the monarchies liked.
- ~35 million attendance.
- Lacked a unifying architectural style, as in 1900
Buildings of the 1889 Expo
- Eiffel Tower
- Architect: Stephen Sauvestre (Gustave Eiffel was Contractor-previously a railway bridge engineer)
- Historical Information:
- Has four useable floors, one of which was used for an apartment for Eiffel.
- Height is 300 meters, the tallest man made structure until 1929 with the construction of the Chrysler building in New York City.
- Architectural Aspects:
- Constructed of over 15,000 pieces of wrought iron.
- The use of iron, a metal not fully realized until the late 19th century, symbolized the prowress of the French industrial revolution
- It also represented modernity with the use of iron.
- The arches of the first platform were designed with the Arc de Triomphe in mind, and, according to a source, the top was modeled on the steeples of the Notre Dame.
