Sun, Dec 20, 2020
For 30 years, from 1880 to 1914, Paris was the capital of the world. During this flourishing period, a new generation of artists, in search of freedom, arrived from Nancy, Belgium and all over the world, to express their creativity in all fields, from architecture to decorative arts, from jewelry to advertising posters. The Paris of the Belle Epoque was also to shape a mythical figure, the Parisienne, a woman with a chic as simple as she was sophisticated, born from the imagination of painters or under the pencil of couturiers. An era dedicated to all pleasures when night falls, cabarets and music halls come alive and stir up an interloping crowd.
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Sun, Dec 27, 2020
The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our illustrious thinkers, writers, scholars and artists. Telling the story of the exceptional treasures of the National Library of France is like opening a great history book rich in many twists and turns. Without the love of the kings of France for books and precious objects, this institution would never have seen the light of day. The story begins in the 14th century under the reign of a passionate writer, Charles V, who set up a library in his apartments in the Louvre. But it was not until the 17th century, and the reign of Louis XIV, a lover of the arts and letters, that the royal library took over its historic quarters in the rue Vivienne in Paris, which it still occupies.