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| Keywords: Les charpentes des Palais des beaux-arts et des arts libéraux au Champ-de-Mars.jpg This print represents the structure of the Palais des beaux-arts and the Palais des arts libéraux which were both designed by Formigé As most of the halls that were built for the exhibits they were made out of iron structures and glass panels The two buildings had the same design they were 250 meters long about 270 yards and their domes were 56 meters high about 60 yards An art exhibit was held in the Palais des beaux-arts which is the one standing on the left of the image The Palais des arts libéraux facing the Palais des beaux-arts on the right of the image was to house a furniture exhibit as well as ceramics and bronze sculptures It was also decided that the Exposition rétrospective du travail was to take place there the exhibit retraced tools and artifacts linked to the history of work The building on the foreground in the left hand corner of the image is the Pavillon de la presse designed by the architect Vaudoyer It had three sections the central pavilion was used for receptions meetings and readings The small structure on the right of it with the small tower was a restaurant In a third part of the building there was a small post office 1889-1890 engraving 31 x 50 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line accession number 2-SIZE T803 B1 E96x 1889 1254150943812500 PD-old-100 Palais des Beaux-Arts et des Arts libéraux Engravings of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library | ||||
