A highly illustrated and rigorously researched edition by Flammarion, 'Paris Moderne 1914-1945' captures the dynamism of the age through exceptional storytelling, image, and bold design. This exuberant portrait of Parisian modernism — revealed through eighty-eight artists — captures the spirit that made Paris the modernist capital of the world. The fine artists, designers, photographers, film makers, architects, writers, and performers in this unmissable volume include Gabrielle Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Tamara de Lempicka, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Man Ray, Walter Benjamin, Josephine Baker, Jean Renoir, and Gertrude Stein. Six essays, by authors Jean-Louis Cohen and Guillemette Morel Journel, explore modernism in cinema, fashion, graphic design, homes, painting, and urban planning. Contemporary shots of the city and suburbs reveal Paris’ surviving modernism both in public spaces and behind closed doors.
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A highly illustrated and rigorously researched edition by Flammarion, 'Paris Moderne 1914-1945' captures the dynamism of the age through exceptional storytelling, image, and bold design. This exuberant portrait of Parisian modernism — revealed through eighty-eight artists — captures the spirit that made Paris the modernist capital of the world. The fine artists, designers, photographers, film makers, architects, writers, and performers in this unmissable volume include Gabrielle Chanel, Pablo Picasso, Tamara de Lempicka, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Man Ray, Walter Benjamin, Josephine Baker, Jean Renoir, and Gertrude Stein. Six essays, by authors Jean-Louis Cohen and Guillemette Morel Journel, explore modernism in cinema, fashion, graphic design, homes, painting, and urban planning. Contemporary shots of the city and suburbs reveal Paris’ surviving modernism both in public spaces and behind closed doors.