On The French And Italian Rivieras The Dream Of Reason

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Charles Garnier And Gustave Eiffel On The French And Italian Rivieras – The Dream Of Reason

The book aims to illustrate the stays of the famous Opera House architect, Charles Garnier, upon the French and Italian Rivieras, former Côte d’Azur, and how these allowed such a fruitful work. A synthesis is also done about the meeting and the collaboration between the 19th century construction profession idols: the architect Charles Garnier and the engineer Gustave Eiffel.
All the texts have been collected by Jean-Lucien Bonillo, in a superb book which then let you enjoy the visit of Charles Garnier’s and Gustave Eiffel’s Rivieras.

• Preface/Introduction
• 1. The Nice Observatory
• An exceptional commission by F. Leguet-Tully
• A pagan dream atop Acropolis by J.-L. Bonillo
• The instruments of the heavens by J.-M. Leniaud
• The nights seen trough the Observatory by J.-L. Heudier
• 2. Charles Garnier, on the French and Italian Rivieras
• Work and play in Bordighera by G. Merello
• The splendours of the Garnier rooms at the Monte-Carlo Casino by A. Folli
• 3. Charles Garnier, Gustave Eiffel and Others… by B. Bouvier
• The intertwined destinies of Charles Garnier and Gustave Eiffel by J.-L. Bonillo
• The call of the South: Money, Art and Architecture by J.-M. Leniaud
• Biographies and constructions by B. Bouvier

208 pages, ills colour & bw / 25 x 31 cm / French, English