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| ID: 700000116 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000116 | Record Type: Built Work |
| Images: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |
| Eiffel Tower (observation towers; Gustave Eiffel and firm; with Maurice Koechlin; Emile Nougie...; constructed 1887-1889; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;) | |
| Note: Located in: Champ de Mars, Paris, France; Commission was awarded by competition; the competition sought a plan for a monument for the International Exposition of 1889, celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution. The tower is built almost entirely of open-lattice wrought iron. It was the entrance gateway to the exposition. | |
| Titles: |
| Eiffel Tower (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,N) |
| Tour Eiffel (C,U,English,,N,French,U,U) |
| La Tour de 300 mètres (H,U,French,U,U) |
| Eiffelturm (C,U,German,U,U) |
| Torre Eiffel (C,U,Spanish,U,U) |
| Eiffel Tower (Paris) (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| 艾菲爾鐵塔 (C,U,Chinese,U,U) |
| La dame de fer (C,U,PO,French,U,U) |
| Three-Hundred-Metre Tower (H,U,English,U,U) |
| Catalog Level: item |
| observation tower [300419278] (preferred) |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>, towers (single built works), watchtowers) |
| tower (single built work) [300004847] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>) |
| broadcasting tower [300457717] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, communications structures, communications buildings, telecommunications buildings) |
| architecture (preferred) |
| European art |
| Creation Date: constructed 1887-1889 |
| Gustave Eiffel and firm; with Maurice Koechlin; Emile Nougier; Stephen Sauvestre [preferred,BWR] |
| architect: Gustave Eiffel (French, 1832-1923) [,VP] |
| architect Eiffel, Gustave (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923) Extent: execution [500000800] |
| designer Koechlin, Maurice (German structural engineer, 1856-1946) Extent: design [500186102] |
| designer Nougier, Emile (French engineer, active 19th century) Extent: design [500186103] |
| architect Sauvestre, Stéphen (French architect and painter, born 1847) [500186104] |
| Locations: |
| Current: Paris [7008038] (Geographic) |
| Address Note: +48.858222,+2.2945; Champ de Mars, Paris, France |
| Display Materials: wrought iron lattice, exposed iron construction |
| structural iron [300011010] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by product>) |
| wrought iron (iron alloy) [300011012] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy) |
| exposed frame construction [300310589] | |
| .......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (built works technique), <construction technique by form or materials>) |
| wrought iron (iron alloy) [300011012] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy) |
| Dimensions: originally 300 m (height) (984 feet); now 330 meters; footprint, square: 125 meters |
| exhibition: International Exposition of 1889 Paris [7008038] () |
| European (preferred) |
| belle époque [300264407] (preferred,N/A) | |
| .....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, fin de siècle) |
| architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined) |
| industrial exposition [300054779] | |
| .....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), exhibitions (events)) (AAT) |
| observation [300343797] | |
| .....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), functional concepts (general)) (AAT) |
| Exposition universelle de 1889 [901001418] | |
| .....((Named exhibitions, Named Events)) (ICON) |
| depicted in .... Exposition universelle de 1889 / État d'avancement [700008614] under construction 1888 | |
| ..........photograph; Louis-Émile Durandelle; in negative: 23 NOVEMBRE 88 [N...; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; |
| List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works |
..... Built Works |
.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures |
............... Paris Exposition of 1889 |
| Sources and Contributors: | |
| Eiffel Tower | ........ [VP,BWR] |
| ........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3789801 | |
| ........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) | |
| ........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
| ........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sj 96005405 | |
| Tour Eiffel | ........ [BWR,VP] |
| ........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3754757 | |
| ........ Tour Eiffel online (2000-) | |
| La Tour de 300 mètres | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Tour Eiffel online (2000-) | |
| Eiffelturm | ........ [VP] |
| ........ CDWA online (1995-) | |
| Torre Eiffel | ........ [VP] |
| ........ CDWA online (1995-) | |
| Eiffel Tower (Paris) | ........ [BWR,VP] |
| ........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) | |
| 艾菲爾鐵塔 | ........ [VP] |
| ........ CDWA online (1995-) | |
| La dame de fer | ........ [VP] |
| ........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) | |
| Three-Hundred-Metre Tower | ........ [VP] |
| ........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 15 November 2010 | |
| ........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
| Subject: ....... [VP,BWR] |
| ....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789801; BWR3754757 |
| ....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U360150 |
| ....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3789801; 3754757 |
| ....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 14653; 15418 |
| ....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021 |
| ....................... BWR-09 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) |
| ....................... ARTstor: ArtOnFile (2010-) |
| Note: | |
| English | ..... [VP] |
| ..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 24 February 2006 | |
| ..... CDWA online (1995-) | |
| ..... Tour Eiffel online (2000-) | |
| ..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3789801 | |
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