{"product_id":"affiche-ancienne-plan-de-paris-turgot-1739","title":"Antique map - Turgot's Plan of Paris 1739","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eTurgot Map\u003c\/strong\u003e, completed in\u003cstrong\u003e 1739\u003c\/strong\u003e, represents one of the absolute pinnacles of \u003cstrong\u003eurban cartography\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eart of engraving\u003c\/strong\u003e. ✍🏼\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis document is a\u003cstrong\u003e technical marvel\u003c\/strong\u003e commissioned by \u003cstrong\u003eMichel-Étienne Turgot\u003c\/strong\u003e, then Provost of the Merchants of Paris, who wanted a faithful and monumental representation of the capital to \u003cstrong\u003epromote its prestige\u003c\/strong\u003e. ✨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Turgot Map is based on a \u003cstrong\u003ecavalier perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e (axonometric) that gives the illusion of a three-dimensional city, where every window, every tree, and every garden in the Tuileries is drawn with great precision. 🌳\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe creation of this colossal work was entrusted to \u003cstrong\u003eLouis Bretez\u003c\/strong\u003e, a member of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture. For two years, Bretez traversed the streets of Paris, even obtaining permission to \u003cstrong\u003eenter private properties and convents \u003c\/strong\u003eto measure their dimensions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe twenty original plates, engraved on copper by \u003cstrong\u003eClaude Lucas\u003c\/strong\u003e, form an overview of Paris \u003cstrong\u003ebefore Baron Haussmann's major transformations\u003c\/strong\u003e, offering an irreplaceable testimony to the \u003cstrong\u003emedieval \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e classical\u003c\/strong\u003e urban fabric.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most striking aspect of the Turgot Map lies in its \u003cstrong\u003etotal absence of passersby\u003c\/strong\u003e, creating a magnificent and solemn \u003cstrong\u003e\"ghost town\"\u003c\/strong\u003e atmosphere that leaves all the room to the stone. Observing the quays of the Seine, one can see cargo boats, watermills, and bridges still laden with houses, such as the Pont au Change or the Pont Notre-Dame. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a \u003cstrong\u003ecartography of fullness and detail\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the eye can get lost for hours, moving from the Louvre courtyard to the vegetable gardens of the Marais. 👁️\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis map was so \u003cstrong\u003eexpensive\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eprecious \u003c\/strong\u003ethat it was not intended for sale, but was offered by the king or the municipality to foreign dignitaries as a \u003cstrong\u003etool of cultural diplomacy\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately, Bretez did not just draw a map; he built a \u003cstrong\u003epaper monument \u003c\/strong\u003ewhich,\u003cstrong\u003e three centuries later\u003c\/strong\u003e, still allows us to\u003cstrong\u003e virtually wander\u003c\/strong\u003e through the streets of a vanished Paris, with a clarity and poetry that photography could never equal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cartopolo","offers":[{"title":"70 x 100 cm \/ Creative paper 200 gsm","offer_id":52792611471703,"sku":"TURGOT1739B","price":59.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/7854\/4418\/products\/affiche-ancienne-plan-de-paris-turgot-1739-563362.jpg?v=1709360698","url":"https:\/\/cartopolo.fr\/en\/products\/affiche-ancienne-plan-de-paris-turgot-1739","provider":"Cartopolo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}