Charles Garnier: Designs for the Paris Opera House Colouring Book

The opera house in Paris is one of the most famous auditoriums in the world. Designed in 1861 by Charles Garnier, a young, unknown architect, the opera house opened with a lavish gala in January 1875 after many setbacks, including a swampy building site that had to be pumped out continually during construction. Part of the great reconstruction of Paris by Emperor Napoleon III of the Second Empire, the building is in the Neo-Baroque style. It is also classified as Beaux-Arts, and has been th...