Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Église Notre Dame du Travail

Preferred Title: 
Église Notre Dame du Travail
Image View: 
View into the High Altar
Creator: 
Jules Astruc (French architect, 1862-1935)
Location: 
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note: 
59, Rue Vercingétorix, 14e
Date: 
1899-1901 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1: 
church
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
brick; buhrstone; cast iron
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Subjects: 
architectural exteriors; labor; working classes; interior
Description: 
Notre-Dame du Travail is built of stone and metal, but unlike them it uses industrial T-section and I-section iron girders, which are riveted and welded together. Its spacious, relatively empty surface at ground level, the openings high up that diffuse an even light throughout the building, and the use of brick and buhrstone make the church seem more closely related to contemporaneous factories than to other Parisian churches built with metal frameworks in various revival styles. The resemblance is intentional as the curate of the parish, Soulange-Bodin, required that the building should reflect, in its structure and materials, the factories in which the parishioners of this working-class suburb worked--hence also the dedication to Notre-Dame du Travail. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Image Description: 
The metal structure of the building, particularly the use of iron arches and iron columns to articulate the elevation of the nave, is incorporated into the design from a largely functional point of view, with a minimum of decorative features.
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier: 
1A2-F-P-NDT-A6
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.