Reproducing key works from Paris's Musee d'Orsay and other collections, this publication presents the full vigour and richness of Parisian life at the end of the nineteenth century. Evoking the city through its celebrated landmarks and events, it examines the iconography of the Eiffel Tower, the grand boulevards, the Seine, the theatres, opera, and cafés, Montmartre, and the universal exposition of 1889. The book features the art of the Salons, of Pierre Bonnard and the Nabis group, and examines the rise of photography, Symbolism and Art Nouveau.