La Belle Epoque: the Golden years of Paris before WWI
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A brief introduction to France at the end of the 19 th century: the Franco-Prussian War and the siege of Paris. The Second Industrial Revolution, its influence on the arts, crafts, sciences, industries. The birth of cabarets, bistros, music halls. New art, new music, new morals… new “nouveau riches”
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The so-called “Belle Époque” emerged in Paris – the city of light – in the last decades of the 19th century. Paris was the centre of culture. After the Franco-Prussian war, life meant to be lived. Modernity was the moving spirit. It was the time of the machines: painters were finding the way to represent movement. The Argentinian tango was danced along with the popular Johan Strauss waltzes. Russia brought its Ballet Russes and Nijinsky was a celebrity. The Lumiere Brothers were showing short films and soon Gaumont and Pathé were opening cinemas…and one day, it was all over. That day was August 4th 1914. The day WWI started.
Will spoil us with ten executive lectures which will take place on:
Mondays at 19:00
from Monday 03 October 2022 to Monday 05 December 2022
This is the first in the series.
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