Parisian Proustians were perplexed in 2021 by the scarcity of events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great French writer Marcel Proust. Happily, the Musée Carnavalet’s exhibition “Marcel Proust: Un Roman Parisien (A Parisian Novel)” arrived just … Read More
Anyone who loves Paris has to love the Musée Carnavalet, the museum of the city’s history, located in part in the stately 16th-century mansion in the Marais once occupied by one of its pre-eminent citizens, the famous aristocratic letter-writer Madame … Read More
It’s difficult to believe that the Marais, today a bastion of elegance – as it was when its graceful hôtels particuliers were built in the 17th century – was for much of the 20th century a grimy, dilapidated, poverty-stricken quartier … Read More
Heavens Above! Painting Religion in the 17th Century “La Manne dans le Désert,” by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, from the Èglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris. © COARC/Roger-Viollet The French Revolution may have helped launch the Republic and open the way to modern … Read More
Heavens Above! Painting Religion in the 17th Century “La Manne dans le Désert,” by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, from the Èglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris. © COARC/Roger-Viollet The French Revolution may have helped launch the Republic and open the way to modern … Read More
