Place Vendome
- Date:
- description
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
The Place Vendôme in Paris — with its grand neoclassical facades and the central column commemorating Napoleon's Austerlitz victory — is an unexpected subject for Karhu, whose work was almost entirely Japan-focused. The print likely dates from a period when Karhu traveled in Europe, and it demonstrates his ability to apply his architectural eye to a completely different urban environment. The formal, symmetrical grandeur of Haussmann-era Paris required very different compositional strategies than the intimate, asymmetrical character of Kyoto's traditional streets.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Place Vendome was created by Clifton Karhu in description.
Place Vendome depicts urban scenes and architecture.