ID: 700000116 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000116	Record Type: Built Work
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Eiffel Tower (observation towers; architect: Gustave Eiffel (French, 1832-1923); 1887-1889; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;)

Note: 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. Located in: Champ de Mars, Paris, France

Titles:

Eiffel Tower (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,N)

Tour Eiffel (C,U,English,,N,French,U,U)

艾菲爾鐵塔 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

Eiffelturm (C,U,German,U,U)

Torre Eiffel (C,U,Spanish,U,U)

National Museum (C,U,undetermined,,N)

Eiffel Tower (Paris) (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Three-Hundred-Metre Tower (H,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

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>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: 1887-1889

Creator Display:

architect: Gustave Eiffel (French, 1832-1923) [preferred,VP]

Gustave Eiffel; Maurice Koechlin; Emile Nougier; Stephen Sauvestre [,BWR]

architect Eiffel, Gustave (French architect and engineer, 1832-1923) [500000800]

Koechlin, Maurice (German structural engineer, 1856-1946) [500186102]

Nougier, Emile (French engineer, active 19th century) [500186103]

Sauvestre, Stéphen (French architect and painter, born 1847) [500186104]

Locations:

Current: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (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 (assembling), <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: 300 m (height) (984 feet)

Events:

exhibition: International Exposition of 1889 Paris [7008038] (Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet))

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	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)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	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)

Related Works:

	depicted in .... Exposition universelle de 1889 / État d'avancement [700008614]
	..........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, and engineering works

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-)
艾菲爾鐵塔	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
Eiffelturm	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
Torre Eiffel	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
National Museum	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-)
Eiffel Tower (Paris)	........ [BWR,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