Art, Montmartre, and the Pleasures of Paris

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This class will explore different artists’ representations of the various forms of pleasure and entertainment that were an essential part of Paris’s identity in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. We will study the work of some of the key artists of the period and visit some of the entertainment sites and activities that they featured in their work, such as the Montmartre neighborhood and the Eiffel Tower, as well as visit museum collections and special exhibitions related to the course.