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The Regency in Paris (1715-1723). The Dawn of Enlightenment.
Collective. Exhibition catalog at the Carnavalet Museum 2023.

The Regency in Paris (1715-1723). The Dawn of Enlightenment.

Paris Museums Editions
€39,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 28482
Format 28.4 X 23.6
Détails 255 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback.
Publication Paris, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782759605705
The Regency officially began on September 2, 1715, with the death of Louis XIV, with a veritable coup d'état. Under the government of the Regent, Philippe d'Orléans, Paris changed: the young Louis XV left Versailles and settled in Paris, at the Tuileries Palace, where he remained until June 1722. The Regent, for his part, settled in the Palais-Royal where, between enlightened patronage and political intrigue, he transformed the city into a capital. This book sets out, with great historical acuity, the socio-economic, cultural, and aesthetic changes at work. The development of new sociabilities, particularly among women, the resounding clashes of violent crime, unprecedented financial speculation, the triumph of theater and opera, and the novelties of trading posts and luxury goods—the merchant elite of which is represented by the famous Ensign painted by Watteau and the beginnings of an extraordinary rococo aesthetic—reflect a plural modernity. It was in Paris, during the Regency, that the first manifestations of the Enlightenment emerged. "The Regency was a whole century in eight years," according to historian Jules Michelet. This book tells the story.
The Regency officially began on September 2, 1715, with the death of Louis XIV, with a veritable coup d'état. Under the government of the Regent, Philippe d'Orléans, Paris changed: the young Louis XV left Versailles and settled in Paris, at the Tuileries Palace, where he remained until June 1722. The Regent, for his part, settled in the Palais-Royal where, between enlightened patronage and political intrigue, he transformed the city into a capital. This book sets out, with great historical acuity, the socio-economic, cultural, and aesthetic changes at work. The development of new sociabilities, particularly among women, the resounding clashes of violent crime, unprecedented financial speculation, the triumph of theater and opera, and the novelties of trading posts and luxury goods—the merchant elite of which is represented by the famous Ensign painted by Watteau and the beginnings of an extraordinary rococo aesthetic—reflect a plural modernity. It was in Paris, during the Regency, that the first manifestations of the Enlightenment emerged. "The Regency was a whole century in eight years," according to historian Jules Michelet. This book tells the story.