Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris
Medium
albumen print from collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 21.5 × 28.2 cm · mounted: 32.6 × 43.5 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
2022.16
Tags
male
About this artwork
The construction materials seen here in the foreground symbolize the fact that for three decades starting in 1854, Paris was a construction site as Baron Haussmann replaced the crooked streets and crumbling buildings of medieval Paris with a modern city. Its rational city plan featured broad avenues that radiated from key sites like the Arc de Triomphe.