- Hardcover: 508 pages
- Publisher: Ullmann Publishing (5 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 3833143045
- ISBN-13: 978-3833143045
- Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 15.6 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 462,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This comprehensive guide covers all major places of interest, with numerous essays on history and culture. With town plans and over 600 illustrations. Paris is one of the most exciting capitals in Europe - a Mecca for artists, a centre for intellectuals and academics, and a stage for the flaneur. This volume acts as a companion to the metropolis on the Seine through its eventful history and the buzz of the present day, from the Lutetia of antiquity through the era of the great kings and revolutions to the 21st century with its stunning architectural projects. There are plenty of digressions along the way, providing insights into the city's historical turning points, telling the stories of its most famous residents and illuminating the background to the "City of Light".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I love Paris and I love art and i wanted to read a book that could inform me about the two and this book is perfect.
I brought it thinking it would be just a book to read for pleasure but it is a very useful guide for art lovers as tourists in the city!!
It includes a road map of the city towards the front and throughout the book it gives a map of each area within the city and higlights its main points of interest and then follows this up with information about each place.
This book would be perfect for anyone visiting the city who is interested in art, I would read it befor the trip and then take it with you to help guide you around the city.
I brought it thinking it would be just a book to read for pleasure but it is a very useful guide for art lovers as tourists in the city!!
It includes a road map of the city towards the front and throughout the book it gives a map of each area within the city and higlights its main points of interest and then follows this up with information about each place.
This book would be perfect for anyone visiting the city who is interested in art, I would read it befor the trip and then take it with you to help guide you around the city.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful pictures, sloppy research
5 Feb 2012
The book contains some very nice photographs, and some very sloppy editting.
Within a minute of opening the book, I found a photograph with the caption "A view of the Ile de la Cite". Well, too bad, because it was actually a view of the pont Alexandre with a view towards the Invalides. I thought "Oh, someone pasted the wrong caption. No big deal".
But within less than a minute later, I saw a two-page photograph of the front of George Whitman's Shakespeare and Co. and the caption read "A famous bookstore on rue de l'Odeone, St Michel". Well, well, well, that's too bad because Shakespeare and Co is on the rue Bucherie and Quai de Montebello, in the 5th, facing the Notre Dame, since more than 50 years. One the other hand, the earlier Shakespeare and Co of Sylvia Beach was indeed in rue de l'Odeone, in the 6th. So what's going on? That's not a simple mistake in assigning a caption to a photograph.
It's seems to me that whoever wrote the captions collected the information from the web, mixed it all up, and put something on paper. Which is really too bad. How do I know if some of the other 'facts' on topics that I know nothing about are correct?
Within a minute of opening the book, I found a photograph with the caption "A view of the Ile de la Cite". Well, too bad, because it was actually a view of the pont Alexandre with a view towards the Invalides. I thought "Oh, someone pasted the wrong caption. No big deal".
But within less than a minute later, I saw a two-page photograph of the front of George Whitman's Shakespeare and Co. and the caption read "A famous bookstore on rue de l'Odeone, St Michel". Well, well, well, that's too bad because Shakespeare and Co is on the rue Bucherie and Quai de Montebello, in the 5th, facing the Notre Dame, since more than 50 years. One the other hand, the earlier Shakespeare and Co of Sylvia Beach was indeed in rue de l'Odeone, in the 6th. So what's going on? That's not a simple mistake in assigning a caption to a photograph.
It's seems to me that whoever wrote the captions collected the information from the web, mixed it all up, and put something on paper. Which is really too bad. How do I know if some of the other 'facts' on topics that I know nothing about are correct?
History of Paris...with lots of pictures!
22 May 2012
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I bought this book to enjoy the photos of artwork and buildings, etc. Being neither an artist nor a historian (and having limited time), this book gave me a great overview of the history of Paris, though I wasn't really interested in the history of Paris. So, if you want to "see" some history of Paris, I highly suggest this book. The author did a marvelous job of condensing (or perhaps illuminating) some otherwise boring parts of this history so that you could actually like it...remember, I'm not a history buff. These little "chunky" books are really quite educational: the glossary in back explains unfamiliar terms of architecture: do you know the difference between a socle panel and a pilaster? Thought so. These books are about 500 pages, but turn quickly as there are pictures on every page. Also, enjoyable are little 'cameo' articles about specific people or events, such as 'the language police' of France, "a walk through the Jewish side of Paris", "Fashion--naturally", an article about the Gobelin tapestries, and much more. There are other books in this series, and, so far, they have all been worth the price. Plus, they look really cool on my shelf!
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