Download or read book Eiffel s Tower written by Jill Jonnes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world’s fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world. In this marvelously entertaining portrait of Belle Époque France, fear and loathing over Eiffel's brash design share the spotlight with the celebrities that made the 1889 Exposition Universelle an event to remember-including Buffalo Bill and his sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Thomas Edison, and artists Whistler, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Eiffel's Tower is a richly textured portrait of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future.
Download or read book Gustave Eiffel s Spectacular Idea written by Sharon Katz Cooper and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discusses the creation of the Eiffel Tower and the man behind it, including the idea, the obstacles, and the eventual success"--
Download or read book E is for Eiffel Tower written by Helen L. Wilbur and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-11-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its achievements in architecture (Chartres Cathedral), science (Louis Pasteur), and literature (Marcel Proust), the country of France has had a profound impact on the world. E is for Eiffel Tower: A France Alphabet explores its venerable history and cultural heritage. Sumptuous artwork magnifies each letter topic's poem and expository text. Artists and critics tried to stifle The daring design of Gustave Eiffel. Yet a hundred years later, still it stands A symbol of France to other lands. Young readers can experience the treasures of the Louvre Museum, play hide-and-seek in the gardens of Versailles Palace, or get a bird's-eye view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower. The achievements of Claude Monet and Victor Hugo come to life alongside stunning monuments, breathtaking scenery, and history-in-the-making moments. This is Helen Wilbur's fourth book with Sleeping Bear. Helen also authored Lily's Victory Garden; M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet; and Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet. She lives in New York City. Yan Nascimbene's work includes over 40 books. Among his prestigious awards are the Society of Illustrators' Silver Medal and the Bologna International Book Fair Graphic Award. His book, Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers, received the Society of Illustrators' Gold Medal. Yan lives in France.
Download or read book The Eiffel Tower written by Adam Woog and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's greatest structures were all built through some combination of human ingenuity, perseverance, vision, will power and, in many cases, physical might. History's Great Structures examines the practical, technological, and political challenges encountered by the designers and builders; how these structures were used by the people of the time; and what has become of them today. A visual chronology, sidebars highlighting topics of interest, selected vocabulary words and facts, source notes, a bibliography for further research, and an index provide additional tools for student researchers. Book jacket.
Download or read book Eiffel s Tower for Young People written by Jill Jonnes and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eiffel's Tower for Young People is a vivid, lively pageant of people and cultures meeting—and competing—on the world stage at the dawn of the modern era. The 1889 World's Fair was a worldwide event showcasing the cutting-edge cultural and technological accomplishments of the world's most powerful nations on the verge of a new century. France, with its long history of sophistication and cultivation and a new republican government, presented the Eiffel Tower, the world's tallest structure, crafted from eighteen thousand pieces of wrought iron and 2.5 million rivets, as a symbol of national pride and engineering superiority. The United States, with its brash, can-do spirit, full of pride in its frontier and its ingenuity, presented the rollicking Wild West show of Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley, and the marvelous new phonograph of Thomas Edison. With historical photos throughout, outsized personalities, squabbling artists, and a sprinkling of royalty, this dramatic history opens a window to a piece of the past that, in its passions and politics, is an unforgettable portrait of a unique moment in history.
Download or read book Where Is the Eiffel Tower written by Dina Anastasio and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the Eiffel Tower, beloved and iconic symbol of Paris, France, and one of the most recognizable structures in the world! When the plans for the Eiffel Tower were first announced, many people hated the design of the future landmark, calling it ungainly and out of step with the beautiful stone buildings of the city. But once it went up for the World's Fair in 1889, the people of Paris quickly fell in love with the tower. Today it seems impossible to imagine Paris without the Eiffel Tower, which greets millions of visitors each year who climb up its wrought-iron stairs, ride its glass elevators, and enjoy the wonderful views of the city spread out below it. This book, part of the New York Times best-selling series, is enhanced by eighty illustrations.
Download or read book The Eiffel Tower written by Joseph Harriss and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What s So Great About the Eiffel Tower written by Jonathan Glancey and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we find the idea of a multi-colored Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Família a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examines the critical legacy of both well known and either forgotten or underappreciated highpoints in the history of world architecture. Through 70 engaging, thought-provoking, and often amusing debates, Jonathan Glancey invites readers to take a fresh look at the reputations of the masterpieces and great architects in history. You may never look at architecture in the same way again!
Download or read book Eiffel written by David I Harvie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006-08-24 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Harvie tells the story of Gustave Eiffel and of the conception, and controversial construction of the tower that bears his name, perhaps the most famous tall building in the world.
Download or read book 300 written by Gustave Eiffel and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 53 double-page images, 4,300 drawings, and 33 photographs, this book reveals the complex and fascinating process of bringing the Eiffel Tower to life.
Download or read book The Eiffel Tower s Daughter written by G. Witherspoon and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eiffel Tower's Daughter is written by 10-year-old Bethany Huang. The book is ranked No.1 on SBEP Reading List 2011 from Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado, a non-profit organization. Bethany Huang and her book were reported by over 100 media, such as Thomson Reuters, MSNBC TV, Fox News, PBS, PIX11 TV, Voice of America (VOA), Sino TV, Shanghai TV, DragonTV, Hong Kong TV, Italy TV, Spain TV, Thai TV, World Journal and China PeopleDaily-Abroad Edition, around the world. The book was distributed in 100 major online bookstores in 30 countries around world in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific Islands and Latin America. The Eiffel Towers Daughter is a story about love, compassion, family and life. A girl who has to face it all with no one to help her. She runs away from home the day after her divorced Mother unknowingly marries a spy. Swanilde has to deal with rivalry and vengeance on her way to warn her father and ask for help. Swanilde thinks shes on a quest for truth, but her family reveals all of the secrets and lies they have been hiding from her for years. As Swanildes world crumbles under her, she realizes how precious life is and how short it is. She tries to deal with all of the obstacles in her way to find who she really is-until disaster strikes and shes running again.
Download or read book The Eiffel Tower written by Benjamin Peyrel and published by La Martiniere/Abrams. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official book of the 130th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous monuments in the world At 1,063 feet (324 meters) high, the Tower is a symbol--of Paris and of France, and of modernity. Since its creation in 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been hailed as a feat of architectural and engineering prowess, one that still reflects the best of what France has to offer the world. Known in France as the "Dame de Fer," or "Iron Lady," the Tower is the embodiment of a Parisian woman: seductive and always superbly dressed to impress the 6 million visitors she receives each year. This beautiful two-sided book celebrates the dual identity of the Tower: It opens from one side to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the technical aspects of the monument, and from the other side to show off the star herself, the Tower as an icon of France, an inspiration to artists and designers, a symbol of peace and freedom, and so much more.
Download or read book Christo and Jeanne Claude written by Burt Chernow and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-02-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For forty years, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the husband-and-wife team behind countless headline-grabbing art projects all over the world, have been challenging our view of the world - natural or man-made - by giving us wrapped creations of dizzying magnitude and daring beauty, such as 'Surrounded Islands', which consisted of enveloping eleven islands with seven square miles of hot pink material. This is the first fully authorised biography of these celebrated and controversial artists, illustrated with 50 b/w photos and one 16-page colour photo insert.
Download or read book Tower to Tower written by Henriette Steiner and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture—the convergence of tall buildings and networked infrastructures—from the Eiffel Tower to One World Trade Center. They show how these two forms of gigantism intersect in the figure of the skyscraper with a transmitting antenna on its roof, a gigantic building that is also a nodal point in a gigantic digital infrastructure. Steiner and Veel focus on two paradigmatic tower sites: the Eiffel Tower and the Twin Towers of the destroyed World Trade Center (as well as their replacement, the One World Trade Center tower). They consider, among other things, philosophical interpretations of the Eiffel Tower; the design and destruction of the Twin Towers; the architectural debates surrounding the erection of One World Trade Center on the Ground Zero site; and such recent examples of gigantism across architecture and digital culture as Rem Koolhaas's headquarters for China Central TV and the phenomenon of the “tech giant.” Examining the cultural, architectural, and media history of these towers, they analyze the changing conceptions of the gigantism that they represent, not just as physical structures but as sites for the projection of cultural ideas and ideals.
Download or read book The Eiffel Tower written by Gaston Tissandier and published by London : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1889 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eiffel Tower Restaurant Cookbook written by Jean Joho and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atop the Paris Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas stands the Eiffel Tower Restaurant, a must-go attraction renowned for its exquisite French cuisine and its breathtaking panoramic view of the Strip. Acclaimed chef Jean Joho takes readers into his kitchen, where he shares 50 of his signature dishes: from teasing amuse bouche such as The Everest Spoons to delicate desserts like Alsace Apple Strudel and an assortment of soufflés. With a plush red suede cover and 75 photos capturing the food and ambience of Las Vegas's most romantic restaurant, The Eiffel Tower Cookbook brings a touch of Parisian magic back into the home kitchen.
Download or read book Madame Eiffel written by Alice Brière-Haquet and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2015 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming fictional story of why Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower accompanied by evocative illustrations.
