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Parisian historian, Sandrine Viollet reveals the art, literature and music of Paris in this revealing mixture of cultural history, travel guide and insight into contemporary Paris life.
Charts the development of the cities of Paris and Rome in the 19th century. By the start of the century, Napoleon had created an empire with Paris as its capital and Rome as its second city. Later, Napoleon...
Looks at some of the architecture and interior design of the mammoth turn-of-the-century Universal International Exhibition in Paris, and shows that, far from being dominated by Art Nouveau, the...
A storm of Modernism swept through the art worlds of the West in the early decades of the twentieth century, uprooting centuries of tradition in the visual arts, music, literature, dance, theatre and beyond....
The 11th volume in a series which looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. This volume features two films: Paris, The Invention of the...
Images taken from the ‘Gazette du Bon Ton’, featuring designs by Worth, Lanvin, Poiret and others.
Surveys the technological change in Paris under a succession of different regimes. Begins by looking at the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte and his inspirations for, and achievements in, the French...
Built in 1806 on the Boulevards, the Théatre des Variétés is the oldest theatre in Paris to have survived demolition and fire. The history of the Variétés illustrtes the turbulent situation of theatre...
Paul Cowan’s feature-length documentary combines archival footage and dramatic re-enactments to take viewers inside the peace talks that followed World War I. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s book Paris...
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