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Hace 5 días · The design was inspired by the Crytal Palace built in Hyde Park, London, for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Carstensen and Gildermeister’s Palace took the shape of a Greek cross that stretched...
Hace 2 días · The era of the modern world’s fair began with Britain’s Great Exhibition (formally, the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations; often called the Crystal Palace Exhibition), held in London’s Hyde Park in 1851.
Hace 5 días · Architects Georg J. B. Carstensen and Charles Gildermeister drew inspiration for New York’s Crytal Palace from the Crystal Palace built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London.
Hace 2 días · They include, for example, razor sharp cartoons from Punch, which drew much inspiration and mirth from the Exhibition's hypocrisies, but was generally won over to the event, maps showing how the Exhibition's success depended to a degree on recently-constructed railway lines, beautifully coloured reproductions of the display from Dickinson's and other picture books, examples of Crystal Palace ...
Hace 3 días · New York’s Crystal Palace site of America’s first “World’s Fair” 1853. The structure would be lost a fire in 1858. Image via Wikipedia Commons. On July 14, 1853 America’s first “World’s Fair”...
Hace 4 días · The original Crystal Palace was built in London’s Hyde Park in 1851. It was designed and erected by the famous English gardener and architect Joseph Paxton (1803–1865). As head gardener for the Duke of Devonshire, Paxton had already designed and built major greenhouses for his employer.
Hace 1 día · A major 19th-century engineering achievement was the Crystal Palace, the huge cast-iron and plate-glass exhibition hall built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. Glass and iron were used in a similar monumental style in the construction of major railway terminals throughout the city, including King's Cross station (1852) [28] and Paddington Station (1854). [29]
