La Belle époque In Paris: Art, Culture and Progress

La Belle Epoque, or Beautiful Era, designates a golden age in the history of France between the close of the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of World War I (1870-1914).

You will learn about this period of optimism, elegance and progress - both in the arts and sciences - through the eyes of pioneers such as Monet, Manet, Lautrec, Rodin, Debussy, Picasso, Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde and their friends.

While these revolutionaries paved the way for an extraordinary blossoming in the arts, Gustave Eiffel was challenging architectural tradition with his iconic tower, and César Ritz (‘the King of hoteliers’) was changing the face of modern gastronomy.