Paris Final Exam

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Which monarch (King) was not involved in the slow transformation of the Louvre?

Louis-Philippe

In Baudelaire's "The Swan," the poet remembers the bird in a particular area of Paris near the Louvre. What is the name of this area?

The Carrousel

Garnier, the architect of the Paris Opera, signed a text on the Eiffel tower. Was that text pro-Tower or anti-Tower?

anti-tower

The layout of Louis XIV's Versailler palace and gardens is...because...

modern because it was symmetrical and I would say this because it is a building of straight lines, like the streets of modern Paris.

Which of these is not one of Haussmann's major urban projects? a) the completion of the rue de Rivoli b) the Opera quarter c) the Place Vendom d) the Ile de la Cite

the Place Vendome

Which walls of Paris were torn down to make the first of the citys tree-lined boulevards?

Charles V

What were more popular subjects for the photograph industry that grew up following the Commune's defeat?

Destroyed Buildings

Which side of the city is most associated with the Commune?

East

Place de la Republique, Place de la Nation, and Place de la Bastille are located on what side of the city?

East of the city

Haussmann did some of his most extensive demolition work on the Ile Saint-Louis (t/f)

False

Haussmann insisted on the construction of new, affordable housing for those displaced by the destruction of slums (t/f)

False

Haussmann limited his boulevard making to the oldest poorest sections of Paris (t/f)

False

The 1860 annexation of towns formerly outside of Paris encompassed land between which two walls of Paris?

Farmers General Wall and Thiers

What was the name of the painter most associated with the sight-lines opened up by Haussmann's renovations?

Gustave Caillebotte

In 1836, Louis-Philippe installs what object in the middle of the Place de la Concorde, and why did he choose this object?

He installs the tall Egyptian obelisk, which has no meaning to the people of France as a way of saying lets move on and forget , after Louis XV was just killed there.

In front of what building was the Place de Greve located?

Hotel de Ville

Name two important buildings burned during the Paris Commune

Hotel de Ville and ...

Which major island in the Seine has always had a grid pattern and why do its streets look like that?

Ile Saint Louis and the streets look like that because it was an island of urban development built for the rich.

What is politically unusual about the Eiffel Tower's placement on the map of Paris?

It is a politically left monument and is on the west side of Paris, all other politically left monuments in Paris are on the right.

Explain why the move was logical, that is, related to different models of power.

It moved the executions out of the center of Paris and to dawn, so they weren't as public, power shifted to hospitals, military, schools, instead of executions.

What is the significance of the Pere Lanchaise cemetery to the Commune (what happened there)?

It was the spot of the final holdout of the Commune.

Did Grace Elliot live in a new part of Paris or an old part of Paris?

New part of Paris

Executions used to occur at a place called Montfaucon, outside of what was then Paris. Then they moved to another, more central lace. What was that place called?

Place de Greve

Before being called Place de la Concorde, this square was called...

Place de la Revolution and Place Louis XIV

Louis XVI and Robespierre were guillotined in what square?

Place de la Révolution

Did Grace Elliot live in the right bank of Paris or the left bank of Paris?

Right bank

Most of the royal squares are on the...

Right bank

In Sentimental Education, what does Pere Roque do to one of the prisoners in the Tuileries begging for bread?

Shoots him in the head

Politically, the eiffel Tower was associated more with what political side?

The left

One wall was constructed only out of wood and left no ruins, yet we still know where it ran. How do we know where it was?

There are old street names visible and we can see it in the development of weird property lines.

What are two distinctive characteristics of the layout of the medieval city, according to Mumford?

There was no symmetry and there were lots of dead ends/intricacy

The Louvre originally had a military function (t/f)

True

There was eventually amnesty granted to those who had participated in the Commune (t/f)

True

Who wrote the quote "There is no document of (...) which is not at the same time a document of (...)"

Walter Benjamin

"There is no document of (...) which is not at the same time a document of (...)"

civilization, barbarianism

The street that Napolean wanted ti blast through grom the Louvre to the Hotel de Ville is called the...

rue de Rivoli

The idea of having a large, formal square in front of the Hotel de Ville (Paris city hall) dates from around

the 19th century

Place de la Republique, Place de la Nation, and Place de la Bastille are associated politically with what wing?

the Left

Eventually the commune was crushed by forces belonging to who?

Adolphe Thiers

Who is the mythological character Baudelaire associates with the swan in his poem?

Adromache

What was Place de Vosges originally called, and why was the name changed?

The Place Royale and it was changed to represent the people at the fall of the monarchy.

"Old" Paris is encompassed by which wall?

...

Barricades in June 1848 were erected in what part of the city, geographically speaking?

...

Later still, executions were moved out of the center, south to the Saint-Jacques gate. Under whos rulrewas this move made?

...

Where was Gersaint's art shop located?

...

Which walls could be said to be partially responsible for the French Revolution?

...

When did the commune occur?

1871

How are the values represented by the Opera and the basilica of Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart) different from one another?

Opera represents pleasure, luxury, art, commerce, empire, whereas Sacre Coeur represents religion, hierarchy, monarchy and tradition.

What structure was built under Napoleon III?

The Opera Garnier


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