Stereotypes of the Russian Home at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Paris E

Russian HouseSince the 1851 large Exhibition, worlds fairs have always attempted to celebrate cultural diversity. In pavilions, take part countries promoted their natural resources and industrial products, while celebrating their national identity. However, not all cultures could be accurately portrayed. These exhibits did not prevent negative stereotypes about other peoples cultures for persisting.Stereotyping around became an art form, and was particularly apparent at the 1889 Worlds Fair in Paris, where special buildings were strengthened to exemplify architectural stereotypes of different countries. As part of an arrangement called LHistoire de LHabitation Humaine or History of Human Habitation, which was the creation of architect Charles Garnier. Many of these itty-bitty structures related to remote and exotic locations around the world. One of the countries that received the exotic treatment was Russia, despite this countrys political power.Charles Garnier was born in 1 825 and studied computer architecture at the Paris Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After he was awarded the Grand Prix de capital of Italy in 1848, he went to study architecture in Italy. In 1860, Garnier won the competition for the new Paris Opera House, which was not completed until 1875 and mud his most important management. His other works include villas he built in Bordighera, Italy, an Observatory in Nice, the Cercle de la Librairie in Paris, and many very famous works in Monte Carlo, including a casino resort.Charles Garnier was too a self-appointed expert in world cultures and their architecture. Thanks to the fame he had acquired at the Paris Opera House, he was asked by the fair commission to design foreign buildings for the Worlds Fair in 1889. Later in 18... ...built by Garnier in for the Worlds Fair were a resounding success.BibliographyChandler,Arthur.Revolution. http//charon.sfsu.edu/PARISEXPOSITIONS/1889EXPO.html Worlds Fair magazine. 1986 revised 2000.Doumato, Lamia. Cha rles Garnier, 1825-1898 Vance Bibliographies. Monticello, Ill. 1988.Garnier, Charles, La Maison Russe, LHabitation Humaine. Paris, Hachette 1892, 701-710Jourdain, Frantz. Exposition universelle de 1889. Constructions leves au Champ de Mars par M.. Ch. Garnier... well out servir lhistoire de lhabitation humaine. J. W. Bouton, New York. 1892.Mead, Christopher Curtis. Charles Garniers Paris Opra architectural empathy and the renaissance of French classicism. MIT Press. Cambridge Mass. 1991.Vernes, Michel. La leon darchitecture de Monsieur Garnier. Architecture intrieure cr. 249, August-September1992, 38-45.