Paris, 1900: La Ville Spectacle, 1

The Paris, 1900 exhibition had been going on at the Petit Palais the whole three months we were in Paris, and we saved it for nearly last in order to savor it fittingly. The Belle Epoch was Paris at its most glamorous and famous, and creative, and if you love the place, this exhibit was for you. I took probably 300 photos and am now painfully reducing them to a mere 3 posts--well, there will be some out-takes, too. It was one of the very best special exhibitions we have seen, perhaps the best.

The main poster one sees all around town until (August 17th);
Toulouse-Lautrec would have been proud

Entrance to the exhibit; most of the buildings and structures
associated with the Paris, 1900 world fair are now gone, but
the entrance depicted here is some indication of size of the
thing

Fragment of one of the many items done for the Paris, 1900 world exhibition by
Alfons Mucha, then very much in his hey-day; in the 2014 exhibition, we'll see
more of Mucha than any other artist

Detail

And our boy Hector Guimard also is well-represented; the Metro opened and
most of Guimard's Metro entrances were finished for the 1900 exhibition

One of many posters from 1900

Ditto

Ditto again

And again

Depiction of the many buildings and pavilions erected for the 1900 exhibition

And another

A Mucha table

Beautiful screen

Unmistakably Guimard

Ditto; incredible