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Lee, Min Kyung (Writer on architecture)

The tyranny of the straight line : mapping modern Paris. / txt Min Kyung Lee. - xiii, 192 p. : ill. ; maps ; col. ; 29 cm. book

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-185) and index.

Master plans --
Triangulating the city --
Drawing grids --
The bureaucracy of plans --
Cartographic presentations --
The total view of the city --

"Maps are rarely given the same attention as other print media or art forms in urban history. Author Min Kyung Lee shows their rich potential in this lavishly illustrated study, which brings together maps and other archival materials along with drawings and paintings. She works across disciplines to examine mapping practices in the development of nineteenth-century Paris and the transformative role that urban mapping had on the city’s modernization. Lee investigates Paris’s formation as a modern city, ultimately framing the practice of cartography as a catalyst for the emergence of new spatial and compositional theories." -- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9780300267648 0300267649

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cartography--History.--France--Paris
City planning--History.--France--Paris
Cartographie--Histoire.--France--Paris

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Paris (France)--Maps.

LC Class. No.: GA865.P37 / L44 2024

Dewey Class. No.: 526.094436109034