COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Pont Alexandre III
Alternate Title:
Alexander III Bridge
Image View:
General view, looking along the bridge
Creator:
Emmanuel Frémiet (French sculptor, 1824-1910); Joseph Marie Cassien-Bernard (French architect, active ca. 1890-1900); Jules Dalou (French sculptor, 1838-1902)
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location Note:
spans the Seine
Date:
1896-1900 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Art Nouveau
Work Type 1:
bridge (built work)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
bronze; gold; steel
Technique:
casting (process); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
engineering and industry; manufacturing; mythology (Classical); bridges (built works); Rivers; Transportation
Description:
Collectively designed by Résal and Alby, the engineers, and Cassien-Bernard and Cousin, the architects, for the 1900 World Exhibition. The figures of Pegasus have recently been re-gilded to their original splendor. Pont Alexandre III is an arch bridge that spans the Seine, connecting the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower Quarter of Paris. The bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896 and 1900. It was named after Tsar Alexander III who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. It was Alexander's son Nicholas II who laid the foundation stone in October 1896. The style of the bridge reflects that of the Grand Palais, to which it leads on the right bank. The construction of the bridge is a marvel of 19th century engineering, consisting of a 6m high single span steel arch. The design was subject to strict controls that prevented the bridge from obscuring the view of the Champs-Élysées or the Invalides. Of t
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
1A2-F-P-PA-A3
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Pont Alexandre III
