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an an area area bounded bounded by by the the Rue Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs Croix-des-Petits-Champs to the the south, south, the the Rue Rue de Ia
Grange-Bateliere to the the north, north, the the Boulevard Boulevard de Sebastopol Sebastopol to the the east, east, and and the the
Rue Rue Ventadour Ventadour to the the west." west." Marcel Marcel Poete, Poete, Vne vie de cite (Paris, (Paris, 1925), 1925), pp. pp. 373-
374. [Ala,IOJ
Shops Shops in the the Passage Passage des des Panoramas: Panoramas: Restaurant Restaurant Veron, Veron, reacting reacting room, room, music music
shop, shop, Marquis, Marquis, wine wine merchants, merchants, hosier, hosier, haberdashers, haberdashers, tailors, tailors, bootmakers, bootmakers, hosiers,siers,
bookshops, bookshops, caricaturist, caricaturist, Theatre Theatre des Varietes. Varietes. Compared Compared with with this, the the PasPassagesage Vivienne Vivienne was was the the "solid" " solid" arcade. arcade. There, There, one one found found no luxury luxury shops. shops. 0 Dream Dream
Houses: Houses: arcade as nave with side chapels. 0 [A2,lJ
People associated the "genius of the Jacobins with the genius of the industrials;'
but they also attributed to Louis Philippe the saying: "God be praised, and my
shops too." The arcades as temples of commodity capital. [A2,2J
shops too." The arcades as temples of commodity capital. [A2,2J
The The newest newest Paris Paris arcade, arcade, on on the the Champs-Elysees, built by an an American American pearl
king; king; no longer longer in business. business. 0 Decline Decline 0
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"Toward the the end end of of the the ancien ancien regime, regime, there were were attempts attempts to to establish establish bazaar-like
bazaar-like
shops shops and and fixed-price fixed-price stores stores in in Paris. Paris. Some Some large large magasins de nouveautes-such
as as Le Le Diable Diable Boiteux, Les Les Deux Deux Magots, Le Le Petit Matelot, Pygmalion-were
Pygmalion-were
founded founded during during the the Restoration Restoration and and during during the the reign reign of of Louis Louis Philippe; Philippe; hut these these
were were businesses businesses of of an an inferior inferior sort sort compared compared to to today's today's establishments. establishments. The The era era of of
the the department department stores stores dates, in in fact, fact, only only from the the Second Second Empire. Empire. They They have have
undergone a great deal of development since 1870, and they continue to develop."
E Levasseur, Histoire du commerce de Ia France. vol. 2 (Paris, 1912),
p. p.449. 449. [A2,4J
Arcades as origin of department department stores? Which of the magasins magasins named above
were located in arcades? [A2,5J
were located in arcades? [A2,5J
The regime of specialties furnishes also-tills said in passing-the lllstorical·mate·
lllstorical·mate·
rialist key to the flourishing (if not the inception) of genre painting painting in the Forties
of the previous century. With the growing interest of the bourgeoisie in matters
of art, tills type of painting diversified; but in conformity with the meager artistic
appreciation appreciation initially initially displayed displayed by tills class, it did so in terms of the content, content, in
terms of the objects represented. There appeared lllstorical scenes, animal stud·
ies, scenes of childhood, scenes from the life of monks, the life of the family, the
life of the village-all village-all as sharply defined genres. 0 Photography Photography 0 [A2,6J
The influence of commercial commercial affairs on Lautreamont Lautreamont and Rimbaud should be
looked into! [A2, 7J
looked into ! [A2, 7J
"Another "Another characteristic characteristic deriving deriving chiefly chiefly from the Directory Directory [presumably [presumably until until
around around 1830??] would would be be the lightness lightness of of fabrics; on on even even the coldest coldest days, one one was