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 Salon | A tale of two cities
In 1900 relations between men and women stood at a critical juncture, as the first assault on patriarchal society was mounted.
Awaiting visitors at the entrance to "1900" is a 6-foot panel carrying the curators' triple-negative welcome: This is neither an evocation of the Belle Epoque's splendor and misery, nor a commemoration of the Exposition Universelle, nor an homage to Art Nouveau.
Nowhere are there evocations of Paris, however, of daily life in 1900, of the intellectual ferment in salons and cafes, of the world's fair, of the Palais de l'Electricité or the artists' colonies of Montmartre and Montparnasse.
archive.salon.com /travel/feature/2000/03/29/paris/print.html   (2842 words)

  
 Exposition Universelle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
1900 begins with a selection of works from the Exposition Décennale, an international exhibition of art created between 1889-1900, that was held as part of the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle (World's Fair).
This endeavor was mirrored in other portions of the Exposition Universelle, where countries highlighted their accomplishments in fields such as industry and technology, each participant vying for supremacy in an era defined by burgeoning nationalism and colonial expansionism.
After this introduction, which provides a look at a selection of the art considered significant at the turn of the century, 1900 is organized thematically to demonstrate the distinctive treatments that artists of differing schools and nationalities brought to similar subject matter.
www.guggenheim.org /exhibitions/past_exhibitions/1900/1900_expo.html   (163 words)

  
 CULMINATION
She had showed the world that Paris was the queen city of expositions; that French engineering genius was second to none; and that, even without the official participation of other nations, the allurements and advantages of a world's fair in Paris were so great that few established or aspiring manufacturers could afford to stay away.
And the exposition planning committees themselves came to feel more and more that the primary standard for success was the bottom line of the ledger book when the expositions closed their gates.
The buildings of the 1900 exposition fall into two distinct categories, each representing an essential element of the Weltgeist of 1900: Traditionalist buildings that adhered to historically validated architectural values; and Art Nouveau structures that were trying to forge a new vocabulary of style appropriate to the twentieth century.
charon.sfsu.edu /publications/PARISEXPOSITIONS/1900EXPO.html   (7820 words)

  
 Art in America: 1900 Rediscovered - art exhibition
"1900" boldly pulls the rug on that conventional approach, releasing salon warhorses, lesser-known gems and outre oddities that both broaden our understanding of the dawn of modernism and expand the heritage of many contemporary ideas and strategies.
Kicking off with a core group of works that were exhibited in the Exposition Decennale, the international art show at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle or World's Fair, the curators present a raucous mix of styles and approaches that proves that the turn of the 20th century was every bit as pluralistic as today.
Although "1900" is credited to four curators, it is hard not to view the exhibition as the fulfillment of Robert Rosenblum's brilliant work to date on the 19th century.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_9_88/ai_65069533   (1305 words)

  
 Exposition Universelle (1900) Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ OurLocalColor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.
The Exposition Universelle was where motion pictures were first unveiled and where the escalator debuted.
A special committee, led by Gustave Eiffel, awarded a gold medal to Lavr Proskuryakov's project for the Yenisei Bridge in Krasnoyarsk.
www.ourlocalcolor.com /encyclopedia/Exposition_Universelle_(1900)   (413 words)

  
 Paris 1900
The Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900 was part of a remarkable tradition of International Expositions that were held in Europe and America from the middle of the Nineteenth Century to the time of the First World War.
The Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900 is most remembered for its influence on the Art Deco movement and architectural gems like Eliel Saarinen's Finnish pavilion.
Trocadero Entrance to the Exposition, Colonial Section in Foreground, Paris Exposition, 1900
www.education.miami.edu /ep/Paris/html/paris_1900.html   (194 words)

  
 Frist Center for the Visual Arts - Nashville, TN -
Officially introduced at the influential Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, the Martelé line is now considered one of the most important American expressions of the sinuous Art Nouveau style, comparable to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass creations.
The opening of the exposition in April of 1900 was eagerly awaited by the entire Western world, which anticipated the event as a harbinger of a new century filled with hope and improvement.
History has acknowledged the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle as marking the ascendancy of the Art Nouveau style as the reigning international decorative mode.
www.fristcenter.org /site/calendar/eventdetail.aspx?cid=271   (904 words)

  
 Paris 1900
The purpose of this inner courtyard was to provide a peaceful atmosphere away from the hustle and bustle of the Exposition.
During the Exposition the Petit Palais hosted a series of exhibits illustrating the history of French Art from 1800 to 1900, which emphasized its various stages of growth (Boyd, 167).
The Petit Palais was a vital asset to the 1900 Exposition.
www.lib.umd.edu /ARCH/honr219f/1900pari.html   (2827 words)

  
 ExpoMuseum / Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris
Paris also held expositions in 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, and 1937.
Exposition Universelle de 1900 - from the National Gallery of Art (USA)
Bibliography: Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900 - from the Smithsonian Institution
expomuseum.com /1900   (154 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
The Games of 1900 were held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle Internationale - the Paris World’s Fair.
The exposition organizers spread the events over five months and de-emphasized their Olympic status to such an extent that many athletes died without ever knowing that they had participated in the Olympics.
Gymnasts parade in the "Vélodrome de Vincennes" during the Federal Meeting of the Union of Gymnastics Associations of France.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1900   (341 words)

  
 NGA - Photo Archives: Paris Exposition 1900
Stereographs (also called stereograms) were double photographs intended to be viewed with a stereoscope to give a three-dimensional impression of the subject.
By 1900, stereographic sets documenting world events or famous works of art and architecture were so popular that they were sold in department stores and door-to-door.
This set of stereographs was published by the Collection Stereoptique Felix Potin and records this last and largest exposition of the 19th century.
www.nga.gov /resources/expo1900.shtm   (96 words)

  
 ExpoMuseum / Exposition Universelle 1878, Paris
The third of several expositions held in Paris (The first two being 1855 and 1867).
Paris would later hold expositions in 1889, 1900, and 1937.
Paris Exposition Universelle 1867 and 1878 - by A. Robertson
expomuseum.com /1878   (68 words)

  
 Zwiener   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Exhibiting at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1889, Zwiener was awarded a gold medal for what the jury reported as 'dè ses dèbuts à une Exposition Universelle, [il] s'est mi au premier rang par la richesse, la hardinesse, et le fini de ses meubles incrustés de bronze et fort habilment marquetés.'
A Group of furniture by Zwiener commissioned by Freidrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and exhibited at the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1900, was sold at Sotheby's New York June 29th, 1989, lot 270-275.
Comparisons can be seen in the form of the case with identical gilt-bronze foliate scrolled molding, each surmounted by a large allegorical figure of Abundance, figures of cupid fashioning a crown flanked by a girl wearing Cupid's helmet and studying the order of architecture and a concave mount with a rocaille centering a dolphin.
www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/Z/Zwiener/Zwiener.htm   (459 words)

  
 Sargent's Portrait of M. Carey Thomas
Its first public exhibition was at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in January 1900, after which it joined two other Sargent works in the Paris Exposition of 1900.
That Thomas herself was immensely pleased with Sargent's rendering was no doubt reinforced by Sargent's receiving the Grand Prix at the Paris Exposition of 1900 for the portrait and two other paintings.
Sargent himself told me that he thought it one of the very best things he had done recently and on account of the pains he took with it I am anxious that he should be satisfied." Thomas herself won a medal at the Exposition for her monograph, The Education of Women.
www.brynmawr.edu /Library/exhibits/sargent/portrait2.html   (1151 words)

  
 Sotheby's - Services & Information - Investor Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
THE Exposition Universelle, held in Paris in 1900, was the most impressive international showcase of its time.
The exhibition was conceived as a comprehensive display of the finest achievements in the decorative arts from all over the world, and, to celebrate its centenary, Sotheby’s is to mount a sale boasting to works by the great artists, craftsmen and decorators of the era.
Those were richly inventive times and well worthy of celebration and reappraisal.” Paris in 1900 celebrated a style that had come into fashion just a few years previously and had made its mark in every area of the decorative arts.
www.shareholder.com /bid/news/20000831-22752.cfm   (647 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Paris 1900: The American School at the Universal Exposition: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Paris of 1900 - the largest international cultural event in terms of attendance until the New York World's Fair of 1964 - was the perfect vehicle for Americans to promote all the richness of a vibrant American culture.
At the 1900 Parisian fair, the McKinley administration's crusade involved installing paintings which exuded "American character", such as images of virile men, wholesome women, pristine landscapes and technologically supreme cities.
This book examines how the 1900 exposition functioned as a bridge to the 20th century, creating the conditions for the emergence of American urban realism and modernism, as well as for New York to eventually displace Paris as the centre of the art world.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/081352640X   (538 words)

  
 Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
By Jim Zwick, a biography of Columbia Eneutseak, the "World's Fair Baby" born at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago to an Inuit mother in the Eskimo Village.
Americans attending the 1900 World's Fair in Paris are the target of this satirical Mr.
Review of criticism of the 1900 World's Fair held in Paris highlights the national sacrifices made to ensure success of the exposition, disorganized exhibits, and complaints about costs of participation, Literary Digest (Jan. 12, 1901).
www.boondocksnet.com /expos/paris1900.html   (561 words)

  
 France to United States 07/23/00   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This is the most common of the three machines at the exposition.
The fifth Exposition Universelle, held in Paris in 1900 was the most elaborate of all expositions held up to that time.
As the Exposition site covered 549 acres, the French had a main post office, plus 7 different special postal stations within the Exposition grounds.
www.stampwhiz.com /072300.html   (283 words)

  
 Metro Pulse/Secret History/Pictures at an Exhibition
That April was time for the opening of the Exposition Universelle 1900.
But some visitors to the spectacular Exposition Universelle spent some of this rare season in Paris poring over photographs of a few wood-frame Victorian houses in Knoxville, Tennessee.
His motive was, in part, to prove that there was a fl middle class, that fl people were capable of taking care of their own homes.
www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2003/1308/t_secret.html   (876 words)

  
 Korea at the World's Fairs of 1893 and 1900
     The Paris Universal Exposition took place in the spring and summer of 1900, and brought together almost a hundred nations and then colonial possessions in a series of exhibitions highlighting national achievements in the realms of science, the arts, and, for the major powers, imperial richesse.
One prominent visitor to the Korean pavilion was Maurice Courant (1865-1935), well-known as the father of Korean studies in France (the influx of Korean books from the Collin de Plancy collection for the Korean exhibit actually impelled the writing of an extra volume for Maurice Courant's Bibliographie Coréenne).
Courant remarks on the isolated location of the Korean pavilion, comparing it with Korea's traditional sobriquet of "Hermit Nation", a name that persisted even in 1900, almost a quarter century after Korea's opening.
www2.hawaii.edu /~dkane/Exhibition.htm   (531 words)

  
 Articles - Paris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Built for the French Revolution centennial 1889 Universal Exposition as a "temporary" display of architectural engineering prowess, the Eiffel Tower remained the world's tallest building until 1930, and today is the city's best-known landmark.
The first line of the Paris Métro opened for the 1900 Universal Exposition and was an attraction in itself for visitors from the world over.
The three most famous landmarks of Paris are almost certainly the Eiffel Tower, originally a "temporary" construction for the 1889 Universal Exposition, the Arc de Triomphe, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte and the cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, a 12th-century ecclesiastical masterpiece.
www.sinoz.com /articles/Paris   (5174 words)

  
 Haber's Art Reviews: 1900 at the Guggenheim and F. E. Church
Its view of the year 1900, as culmination of nineteenth-century art, makes one long for another exhibition uptown—work by a truly great Romantic, Frederic Edwin Church.
One first encounters, in the tall alcove off the first ramp, the Exposition Universelle at its most reactionary and, I fear, laughable.
No wonder Bougereau and his exposition occupy a pride of place often, and plausibly, accorded the Salon in histories of Impressionism.
www.haberarts.com /xroads.htm   (2560 words)

  
 WebMuseum: Astruc, Zacharie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Sculptor, painter and art critic, he participated in the first Impressionist exhibition and also in the Exposition Universelle of 1900.
His defense of living art was consistent and whole-hearted; he had been a defender of Courbet, and was one of the first to recognize the talent of Pissarro and Manet.
He wrote the introduction of the catalogue of the one-man exhibition that Manet arranged in a pavilion outside the Exposition Universelle of 1867.
www.ibiblio.org /wm/paint/auth/astruc   (331 words)

  
 Jules-Clément Chaplain - Exposition Universelle in Paris 1900   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Jules-Clément Chaplain - Exposition Universelle in Paris 1900
Jules-Clément Chaplain, official prize medal for the Exposition Universelle in Paris 1900.
This gold medal was awarded to Francois Dussaud (1870-1953) who invented the first electric phonograph and was responsible for the first car operated by remote control.
www.finemedals.com /jules_chaplain1.htm   (62 words)

  
 expo-iah
Music was so pervasive at the 1889 Exposition Universelle that newspaper journalists described the sonic side of the affair as a "musical orgy." Sounds reached from bandstand marches to symphony concerts, from Javanese gamelan music to telephonically transmitted operas.
I approach music at the Exposition Universelle with respect to its artistic and social contexts, its musical and literary contents (where appropriate), its presentation within the framework of the Exposition Universelle, its reception in France and abroad, and its impact on musical politics and discourses.
Traiponi's rendered the scene with a strong focus on the exotic architectural detail and the picturesque Arabs in the front, while the European visitors of the Exposition Universelle disappear in the background and are barely visible.
www.unc.edu /~fauser/expo1.html   (3527 words)

  
 Revisiting the World's Fairs and International Expositions
A collection of paintings from the exposition with descriptive text in English by William Walton.
The official history of the fair, St. Louis, 1904 ; the sights and scenes of the Louisiana purchase exposition...
A description of the "sights and scenes" of the exposition by the author.
www.sil.si.edu /silpublications/Worlds-Fairs/images.cfm   (570 words)

  
 Exposition Postcards--1878 - 1921 Inclusive - Expo Post Cards
1900 1902 1904 1905 1907 1908 1909 1910
This is the Reunion Exposition listed in Lowe's 1980 reference at $100.00, but we offer at $75.00.
The statue was in the Saint Louis Exposition of 1904.
www.judnick.com /Expositions1878To1921.htm   (3136 words)

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