In the nineteenth-century Paris was transformed into an alluring spectacle of cafés, department stores and exhibitions. Dr Claire O'Mahony looks at the inspiration of the modern city of light from Impressionist painters to the glamour of Art Deco.
In the nineteenth-century Paris was transformed into an alluring spectacle of cafés, department stores and exhibitions. We will look at the inspiration of the modern city of light from Impressionist painters to the glamour of Art Deco. Dr Claire O'Mahony is Course Director of the Undergraduate Diploma in the History of Art and the MSt in the History of Design.
