Talk | Paris- Art History Reframed: The Great Cities of Europe at Triskel Arts Centre

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A lecture by Dr. Matthew Whyte on the transformation of Paris into the capital of modern visual culture. Haussmann’s redesign, the rise of cafés and boulevards, and the rhythms of urban leisure create a new world for artists to observe. Figures such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet and Edgar Degas shift attention toward contemporary life, fleeting light and the psychology of seeing. Impressionism emerges not just as a style but as a response to modern urban experience. Musical parallels in Debussy and Ravel reinforce this sense of atmosphere, suggestion and fragmentary perception.
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