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Cook Fanning the Fire to Roast the Duck He Is Holding in His Left Hand
TitleCook Fanning the Fire to Roast the Duck He Is Holding in His Left Hand
 Artistanonymous
 Datec. 2000 B.C.
 Techniquewood sculpture
 LocationEgyptian Museum, Turin
 CopyrightTopFoto / Roger-Viollet
Bathtub
TitleBathtub
 Artistanonymous
 Date2nd century AD
 Techniquemarble
 Size236cm x 113cm x 70cm
 LocationParis, Musée National du Moyen Age - Cluny Thermal Baths
 CopyrightRMN / All rights reserved
Young women in bikinis
TitleYoung women in bikinis (detail)
 Artistanonymous
 Date3rd century
 Techniquemosaic
 LocationVilla Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy
 CopyrightCharles Jousselin
Glass Blower
TitleGlass Blower
 ArtistRabanus Maurus
 Date11th century
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Paris in the Middle Ages
TitleParis in the Middle Ages
 Artistanonymous
 Techniqueengraving
 CopyrightAlbert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
Composition of the Holy Scripture, or "Ci nous dit"
TitleComposition of the Holy Scripture, or "Ci nous dit"
 Artistanonymous, French school
 Date14th century
 Techniqueillumination on parchment
 Size18cm x 14cm
 LocationChantilly, Musée Condé
 CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
The Apocalypse Tapestry
TitleThe Apocalypse Tapestry (detail)
 ArtistHennequin de Bruges
 Date1382
 Size103m X 4.5m
 LocationChâteau d'Angers
 Copyrightwikicommons
The very rich hours of the Duc de Berry
TitleLes Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The very rich hours of the Duc de Berry: The Calendar. August)
 ArtistLimbourg brothers
 Date15th century
 Techniqueminiature
 Size29cm x 21cm
 LocationChantilly, Musée Condé
 CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Fleur des histoires
TitleFleur des histoires, Susanna and the Elders
 ArtistJean Mansel
 Date15th century
 Techniqueillumination
 Size18cm X 14cm
 LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Western manuscripts
 CopyrightFrançais 55, BnF
Susanna and the Elders
TitleSusanna and the Elders (detail)
 ArtistDomenico di Michelino
 Date15th century
 Techniqueoil
 Size43cm x 170cm
 LocationAvignon, Musée du Petit Palais, Campana collection
 CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Saint Cosmo and Damian Condemned to Burning at the Stake
TitleSaint Cosmo and Damian Condemned to Burning at the Stake
 ArtistFra Angelico
 Date1439
 TechniqueFresco
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Frontispiece of Book IX by Valère Maxime
TitleFrontispiece of Book IX by Valère Maxime
 ArtistAtelier de Guillaume Vrelant
 Datec. 1470
 Techniqueillumination on parchment
 LocationPavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris
 CopyrightManuscript 5196, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Plans for a city
TitlePlans for a city, taken from Manuscript B
 ArtistLeonardo da Vinci
 Date1485-88
 Techniquedrawing
 LocationParis, Bibliothèque de l'Institut
 CopyrightRMN (Institut de France)/Thierry Le Mage
Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco, Venice
TitleProcession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco, Venice
 ArtistGentile Bellini
 Date1496
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size367cm × 745cm
 LocationGalleria dell'academia, Venice, Italy
 CopyrightWikimedia commons
The Suicide of Seneca
TitleThe Suicide of Seneca, illustration from The Nuremberg Chronicle
 ArtistMichael Wolgemut
 Datebefore 1500
 Techniquewoodcut
 LocationBeloit College Library, Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
 CopyrightMorse Library, Beloit College
The cries of Paris / the ragpicker-scrap merchant
TitleLes cris de Paris / le chiffonnier-ferrailleur (the cries of Paris / the ragpicker-scrap merchant)
 ArtistAnonymous
 Datec. 1500
 Techniqueengraving on wood
 LocationBnF, Pavillon de l'Arsenal
 CopyrightBnF, Pavillon de l'Arsenal
Livre du Gouvernement des Princes
TitleLivre du Gouvernement des Princes. Folio 149 verso; a street in the early 16th century
 ArtistRomain Gilles
 Dateearly 16th century
 Techniqueillumination
 LocationParis, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
 CopyrightRMN / Agence Bulloz
The Garden of Earthly Delights
TitleThe Garden of Earthly Delights
 ArtistHieronymus Bosch
 Date1510
 Techniquepainting on wood (triptych)
 Size220cm x 195cm
 LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
 CopyrightHans Hinz - ARTOTHEK
The Island of Utopia
TitleThe Island of Utopia, page 2 & 3 of the Louvain edition
 ArtistThomas More
 Date1516
 TechniqueEngraving
 CopyrightNew York Public Library
Map of Tenochtitlan
TitleCortés' 1524 Map of Tenochtitlan
 ArtistHernán Cortés
 Date1524
 Techniquewood engraving
 LocationNewberry Library, Chicago, USA
 CopyrightNuremberg, Germany: Friedrich Peypus, 1524
Hear the Cries of Paris
TitleVoulez Ouyr les Cris de Paris (Hear the Cries of Paris)
 ArtistClément Janequin
 Datec. 1530
 Length6mins
 CopyrightHarmonia Mundi
The Fountain of Youth
TitleThe Fountain of Youth
 ArtistLucas Cranach the Elder
 Date1546
 Techniqueoil on limewood panel
 Size122.5cm x 186.5cm
 LocationBerlin, Gemäldegalerie
 CopyrightBlauel/Gnamm - ARTOTHEK
Susanna at her Bath
TitleSusanna at her Bath
 ArtistJacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto
 Date16th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size167cm x 238cm
 LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
 CopyrightRMN / Hervé Lewandowski / Thierry Le Mage
Susanna at her Bath
TitleSusanna at her Bath
 ArtistJacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto
 Date1555
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size146cm x 193.6cm
 LocationVienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
 CopyrightPhotobusiness - ARTOTHEK
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
TitleThe Fight Between Carnival and Lent
 ArtistPieter Bruegel The Elder
 Date1559
 Techniqueoil on wood (oak)
 Size118cm x 164.5cm
 LocationVienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
 CopyrightJoseph S. Martin - ARTOTHEK
Tower of Babel
TitleTower of Babel
 ArtistPieter Brueghel the Elder
 Date1563
 Size114cm X 155cm
 LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
 CopyrightBPK, Berlin, Dist RMN
Map of Paris
TitleMap of Paris
 ArtistBelleforest
 Date1575
 Techniquewood engraving
 Size55cm x 41cm
 Copyrightparis.org
Susanna and the Elders
TitleSusanna and the Elders
 ArtistPaolo Caliari (Veronese)
 Date16th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size198cm x 198cm
 LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
 CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot
Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters
TitleGabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters
 Artistanonymous, French school
 DateLate 16th century
 Techniqueoil on wood
 Size96cm x 125cm
 LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
 CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Procession of the Holy League in the Streets of Paris
TitleProcession of the Holy League in the Streets of Paris
 ArtistFrançois Bunel II
 Date1593
 Techniqueoil on wood
 Size60cm × 95cm
 LocationVersailles, Versailles Palace
 CopyrightRMN / Franck Raux
Brother Bacon, English Alchemist, Balancing the Elements
TitleBrother Bacon, English Alchemist, Balancing the Elements
 AuthorMichael Maier
 Date1617
 Techniqueprint
 CopyrightTopFoto / Roger-Viollet
Susanna at her Bath
TitleSusanna at her Bath
 ArtistPeter Paul Rubens
 Date1636/1639
 Techniqueoil on oak panel
 Size77cm x 110cm
 LocationMunich, Alte Pinakothek
 CopyrightBlauel/Gnamm - ARTOTHEK
Susanna and the Elders - Rembrandt
TitleSusanna and the Elders
 ArtistRembrandt van Rijn
 Date1647
 Techniqueoil on mahogany panel
 Size76.6cm x 92.7 cm
 LocationBerlin, Gemäldegalerie
 CopyrightBlauel - ARTOTHEK
Pont Neuf, seen from the entrance to Place Dauphine
The colporteur
TitleThe colporteur
 Artistanonymous, Ecole Française
 Date17th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size72cm x 85cm
 LocationParis, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM)
 CopyrightRMN / Jean Schormans
Louis XIV's bathtub
TitleLouis XIV's bathtub
 Artistanonymous
 Date17th century
 LocationVersailles, Versailles and Trianon Palaces
 CopyrightRMN / All rights reserved
Prometheus Uses Fire to Give Life to His Clay Statue
TitlePrometheus Uses Fire to Give Life to His Clay Statue
 ArtistBertholet Flemalle I
 Date17th century
 Size76cm x 67cm
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 LocationLandesmuseum, Oldenburg
 CopyrightWacker - ARTOTHEK
Susanna and the Elders - Pellegrini
TitleSusanna and the Elders
 ArtistGiovanni Antonio Pellegrini
 Date18th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size117cm x 99cm
 LocationDijon, Musée Magnin
 CopyrightRMN / Franck Raux
Inside a Kitchen
TitleInside a Kitchen
 ArtistCarlo Antonio Crespi
 Date18th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 LocationPinacoteca Parmigiani, Bedonia, Italy
 CopyrightDist RMN / Georges Tatge
View of the Neva downstream in Saint Petersburg
TitleView of the Neva downstream between the Winter Palace and the Academy of Sciences
 ArtistGrigory Kachalov
 Date1753
 Techniqueetching
 Format140cm X 52cm
 LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
 Copyrightwikicommons
Map of Philadelphia
TitleMap of Philadelphia and the surrounding area
 ArtistJacques-Nicolas Bellin
 Date1764
 Techniqueengraving
 Size27cm X 22cm
 LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France
 CopyrightBnF
First Ascension in a Free Balloon
TitleFirst Ascension in a Free Balloon by Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes
 Artistanonymous
 Date1783
 Techniqueprint
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
The Death of Marat
TitleThe Death of Marat
 ArtistJacques-Louis David (studio of)
 Date1793
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size130cm x 162cm
 LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
 CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot / Christian Jean
The Louvre façade seen from Rue Fromenteau
TitleThe Louvre façade seen from Rue Fromenteau
 ArtistPhilibert-Louis Debucourt
 Datelate 18th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size61cm x 50cm
 LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
 CopyrightRMN / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
Perspective of the town of Chaux
TitlePerspective of the town of Chaux
 ArtistClaude-Nicolas Ledoux
 Date1804
 Techniqueetching
 Size48cm X 40cm
 LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France
 CopyrightBnF
Fourth Movement of the Sixth Symphony
TitleExcerpt from the Fourth Movement (Thunder - Storm) of the Sixth (Pastoral) Symphony
 ComposerLudwig van Beethoven
 PerformersKlaus Tennstedt, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra
 Date1808
 CopyrightEMI
The book of Edo's fire
TitleThe book of Edo's fire (fragment)
 ArtistTashiro Yukiharu
 Date1814
Beauty By the Lantern
TitleBeauty By the Lantern
 ArtistKusinada
 Date1818
 Size38cm x 25cm
 Techniqueprint
 LocationBritish Museum, London, United Kingdom
 CopyrightRMN / The Trustees of the British Museum
Battle in Rue de Rohan, July 29, 1830
TitleBattle in Rue de Rohan, July 29, 1830
 ArtistHippolyte Lecomte
 Date1831
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size43cm × 60cm
 LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
 CopyrightRMN / Agence Bulloz
Susanna and the Elders, Chaste Susanna
TitleSusanna and the Elders, Chaste Susanna
 ArtistEugène Delacroix
 Date19th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 LocationLille, Palais des Beaux-Arts
 CopyrightRMN / Philipp Bernard
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
TitleThe Burning of the Houses of Parliament
 ArtistJoseph Mallord William Turner
 Date1835
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size123cm x 93cm
 LocationCleveland Museum of Art
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Workshop of Abel de Pujol
TitleWorkshop of Abel de Pujol
 ArtistAdrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
 Date1836
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size135cm x 95cm
 LocationValenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
 CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Les Halles and Rue de la Tonnellerie
TitleLes Halles and Rue de la Tonnellerie
 ArtistGiuseppe Canella (the Elder)
 Date19th century
 Techniqueoil on board
 Size15cm x 18cm
 LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
 CopyrightRMN / Agence Bulloz
Aerial view of New Harmony
TitleAerial view of New Harmony
 ArtistF. Bate
 Date1838
 Techniqueengraving
 Copyrightwikicommons
Illustrations from La Nouveaux Tableaux de Paris
Titleillustrations from La grande ville, nouveaux tableaux de Paris
 ArtistVictor Adam
 Date1842
 Techniqueengraving
 CopyrightBibliothèque Nationale de France
The Ragpickers
TitleLes chiffonniers (The Ragpickers)
 ArtistCharles Joseph Travies de Villers
 Date19th century
 TechniqueLithograph
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
The Barricade, Rue de la Mortellerie
TitleThe Barricade, Rue de la Mortellerie
 ArtistJean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
 Date19th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Format29cm × 22cm
 LocationParis, musée du Louvre
 CopyrightRMN / All rights reserved
The young ragpicker leaning on a bollard
TitleLe petit chiffonnier appuyé contre une borne (The young ragpicker leaning on a bollard)
 ArtistCharles Nègre
 Date1851
 TechniqueSepia negative
 Size14cm x 10cm
 LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
 CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Béatrice Hatala
The Wine of the Ragpickers
TitleThe Wine of the Ragpickers
 AuthorCharles Baudelaire
 Date1857
 PublicationLes fleurs du mal
July 13, 1793: Murder of Marat by Charlotte Corday
TitleJuly 13, 1793: Murder of Marat by Charlotte Corday
 ArtistPaul Baudry
 Date1860
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size154cm x 203cm
 LocationNantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
 CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot
The Turkish Bath
TitleThe Turkish Bath
 ArtistJean Auguste Dominique Ingres
 Date1862
 Techniqueoil on canvas and wood
 Size108cm x 108cm
 LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
 CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot
The Stove in the Workshop
TitleThe Stove in the Workshop
 ArtistPaul Cézanne
 Date1865
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size41cm x 30cm
 LocationNational Gallery, London, United Kingdom
 CopyrightThe National Gallery, London
Clearing work for the Paris Opera House; razing Butte des Moulins
TitleClearing work for the Paris Opera House; razing Butte des Moulins
 Artistanonymous
 Date1867
 Techniqueblack & white photograph
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Susanna
TitleSusanna
 ArtistGustave Moreau
 Date19th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size33cm x 40cm
 LocationParis, Musée Gustave Moreau
 CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
The Ragpicker
TitleLe chiffonnier (The Ragpicker)
 ArtistEdouard Manet
 Date1869
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size194 x 130 cm
 LocationNorton Simon Museum, Pasadena, USA
 CopyrightThe Norton Simon Foundation
Workshop Interior with Stove
TitleWorkshop Interior with Stove
 ArtistGustave Caillebotte
 Date1872
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size80cm x 65cm
 Locationprivate collection
Large-scale public works in Paris
TitleLarge-scale public works in Paris; building Boulevard Saint-Germain
 Artistanonymous
 Date1877
 Techniqueengraving
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Saint John's Festival
TitleSaint John's Festival
 ArtistJules Breton
 Date1875
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size61cm x 34cm
 LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Arts, United States
 CopyrightPhiladelphia Museum of Arts
Rue Saint Denis in Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878
TitleRue Saint Denis in Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878
 ArtistClaude Monet
 Date1878
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size81cm × 50cm
 LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
 CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Dinner at the Ball
TitleDinner at the Ball
 ArtistEdgar Degas
 Date1879
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
 CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Woman seated on the edge of the bath sponging her neck
TitleWoman seated on the edge of the bath sponging her neck
 ArtistHilaire-Germain Edgar de Gas known as Edgar Degas
 Datec. 1880
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size51cm x 62cm
 LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
 CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Marat assassinated!
TitleMarat assassinated! July 13, 1793, 8 o'clock in the evening
 ArtistJean-Joseph Weerts
 Date1880
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 LocationMusée La Piscine, Roubaix
 CopyrightMusée La Piscine, Roubaix
Workshop in Rue de Furstenberg
TitleWorkshop in Rue de Furstenberg
 ArtistJean Frédéric Bazille
 Date1881
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size80cm x 65cm
 LocationMontpellier, Musée Fabre
 CopyrightRMN / Christian Jean
Victor Hugo's Funeral
TitleVictor Hugo's Funeral
 Artistanonymous
 Date1885
 Techniqueblack & white stereo image
 CopyrightLL / Roger-Viollet
Peasant Woman By the Hearth
TitlePeasant Woman By the Hearth
 ArtistVincent Van Gogh
 Date1885
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size40cm x 29cm
 LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
 CopyrightRMN / Hervé Lewandowski
Passage du Puits-Bertin (Clichy)
TitlePassage du Puits-Bertin (Clichy)
 ArtistPaul Signac
 Date1887
 Techniqueblack ink, pen (drawing)
 Size16cm x 25cm
 LocationParis, Musée du Louvre, D.A.G. (Orsay collection)
 CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Michèle Bellot
The Schuffenecker Family
TitleThe Schuffenecker Family
 ArtistPaul Gauguin
 Date1889
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size92cm x 73cm
 LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
 CopyrightRMN / Hervé Lewandowski
Mouffetard district: ragpicker
TitleMouffetard district: ragpicker
 ArtistEugène Atget
 Date1899
 Techniqueblack & white silver print
 LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet.
 CopyrightMusée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
A ragpicker, morningtime, in Paris, Avenue des Gobelins
TitleA ragpicker, morningtime, in Paris, Avenue des Gobelins
 ArtistEugène Atget
 Date1899
 Techniqueblack & white silver print
 CopyrightEugène Atget / BnF
The Ragpickers
TitleChiffonniers
 ArtistPaul Geniaux
 Datec. 1900
 Techniqueblack & white silver print
 LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
 CopyrightPaul Géniaux / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
TitleLeaving the Opera in the Year 2000
 ArtistAlbert Robida
 Date1902
 Techniqueengraving
 CopyrightBnF
The Printmaker Vallotton in His Workshop
TitleThe Printmaker Vallotton in His Workshop
 ArtistEdouard Vuillard
 Date1902
 Techniqueoil on paperboard
 Size44cm x 42cm
 LocationNancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts
 CopyrightG. Mangin
Death of Princess de Lamballe
TitleDeath of Princess de Lamballe
 ArtistLéon-Maxime Faivre
 Date1908
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size265cm × 367cm
 LocationVersailles, Versailles Palace
 CopyrightFaivre Léon-Maxime / RMN / Gérard Blot
Rue Stabienne in Pompei
TitleRue Stabienne in Pompei
 Artistanonymous
 Dateearly 20th century
 Techniqueblack & white stereoscopic image on board
 Size16cm x 6cm
 CopyrightOonops archives
The Painter Alfred Roll
TitleThe Painter Alfred Roll
 ArtistFrançois Antoine Vizzavona
 Dateearly 20th century
 Techniquesilver bromide-gelatin glass negative
 Size92cm x 73cm
 LocationParis Museum of Modern Art
 CopyrightRMN / François Vizzavona
The Barricade
TitleThe Barricade, 1871
 ArtistAndré Victor Edouard Devambez
 Datelate 19th century
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size140cm × 107cm
 LocationVersailles, Versailles Palace
 CopyrightADAGP / RMN / Gérard Blot
Porte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpickers
TitlePorte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpickers
 ArtistEugène Atget
 Date1913
 Techniqueblack & white silver print
 LocationParis, Musée Carnavale
 CopyrightEugène Atget / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
Porte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpickers
TitlePorte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpicker
 ArtistEugène Atget
 Date1913
 Techniqueblack & white silver print
 LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
 CopyrightEugène Atget / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
Quest for Fire
TitleQuest for Fire
 DirectorGeorges Denola
 Date1914
 Length25mins
 CopyrightPathé Gaumont Archives
Poterne des Peupliers, zone dwellers, Paris' 13th arrondissement
TitlePoterne des Peupliers, zone dwellers, Paris' 13th arrondissement
 ArtistEugène Atget
 Date1913
 Techniqueblack & white silver print
 CopyrightEugène Atget / BnF
Porte d'Asnières, Cité Trébert: ragpickers
TitlePorte d'Asnières, Cité Trébert: ragpickers
 ArtistEugène Atget
 Date1913
 TechniqueEpreuve argentique N&B
 CopyrightEugène Atget / BnF
Verdun
TitleVerdun
 ArtistFélix Vallotton
 Date1917
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size146cm x 114cm
 LocationParis - Musée de l'Armée
 CopyrightParis - Musée de l'Armée, Dist. RMN / Pascal Segrette
Suzanne Valadon, Her Son Maurice Utrillo and André Utter, French Painters
TitleSuzanne Valadon, Her Son Maurice Utrillo (seated, right) and André Utter, French Painters
 ArtistHenri Martinie
 Date1920
 Techniquesilver print
 CopyrightHenri Martinie / Roger-Viollet
Sofa - Stove
TitleSofa - Stove
 ArtistConstantin Brancusi
 Date1923
 Techniquesilver print
 Size30cm x 24cm
 LocationParis Museum of Modern Art - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightADAGP / Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Jacques Faujour
Susanna and the Elders - Corinth
TitleSusanna and the Elders
 ArtistLovis Corinth
 Date1923
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size150.3cm x 111cm
 LocationHannover, Landesmuseum
 CopyrightBlauel/Gnamm - ARTOTHEK
Model of the Voisin Plan for Paris
TitleModel of the Voisin Plan for Paris
 ArtistLe Corbusier
 Date1925
 CopyrightFondation Le Corbusier
Traffic on Postdamer Platz in Berlin
TitleTraffic on Postdamer Platz in Berlin
 Artistanonymous
 Date1926
 Techniqueblack & white photograph
 LocationBPK, Berlin, Germany
 CopyrightBPK, Berlin, Dist RMN
Nude with long hair
TitleNude with long hair
 ArtistMarcel Gromaire
 Date1927
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 LocationParis Museum of Modern Art
 CopyrightMusée d'Art Moderne / Roger-Viollet
La zone
TitleLa zone
 ArtistGeorges Lacombe
 Date1928
 Length9:24mins
 Technique25' silent film
 CopyrightLes Films Charles Dullin
Police station on the corner of Rue de la Huchette and Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche
TitlePolice station on the corner of Rue de la Huchette and Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche
 ArtistHalasz Gyula (aka Brassaï)
 Datec. 1930
 Techniquegelatin silver print
 Size23cm x 17cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightBrassaï Estate - Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Medical examination at the nursery school at the Pestalozzi-Fröbel hostel
TitleMedical examination at the nursery school at the Pestalozzi-Fröbel hostel
 ArtistPaul Schulz
 Date1931
 Techniqueblack & white photograph
 LocationGermany, Berlin, BPK
 CopyrightBPK, Berlin, Dist RMN / Paul Schulz
Asphalt layers, Paris
TitleAsphalt layers, Paris
 ArtistGisèle Freund
 Date1931
 Techniquegelatin silver print
 Size40cm x 50cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightCNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Cesspit Emptiers with their Pump, Rue Rambuteau
TitleCesspit Emptiers with their Pump, Rue Rambuteau
 ArtistHalasz Gyula (aka Brassaï)
 Date1931
 Techniquegelatin silver print
 Size17cm x 22cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightBrassaï Estate - Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Nude at her bath
TitleNude at her bath
 ArtistPierre Bonnard
 Date1931
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size120cm x 110cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Lamplighter, Place de la Concord
TitleLamplighter, Place de la Concord
 ArtistHalasz Gyula (aka Brassaï)
 Date1933
 Techniquegelatin silver print
 Locationprivate collection
 CopyrightBrassaï Estate - Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Gérard Blot
Saint John's Bonfires
TitleSaint John's Bonfires
 ArtistCharles Trenet
 Date1934
 Length2mins 08sec
 CopyrightEMI
March by members of the cleaning ladies' union
TitleMarch by members of the cleaning ladies' union
 Artistanonymous
 Date1936
 Techniqueblack & white photograph
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Picasso Next to the Stove
TitlePicasso Next to the Stove
 ArtistBrassaï
 Date1939
 Techniquesilver print
 Locationprivate collection
 CopyrightEstate Brassaï - RMN / Gérard Blot
New York City I
TitleNew York City I
 ArtistPiet Mondrian
 Date1942
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size119cm X 114cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightCollection Centre Pompidou, Dist. RMN/Philippe Migeat - HCR, Warreton, USA
Moroccan Tribesmen Around a Fire
TitleMoroccan Tribesmen Around a Fire
 Artistanonymous
 Date1944
 Techniquesilver bromide gelatin print
 CopyrightParis - Musée de l'Armée, Dist. RMN / Photo Musée de l'Armée
Susanna and the Elders - Dufy
TitleSusanna and the Elders
 ArtistRaoul Dufy
 Datec. 1945
 Techniqueoil on Isorel panel
 Size40cm x 50cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Jean-François Tomasian
The Children of Paradise
TitleClip from Les Enfants du paradis (The Children of Paradise)
 ArtistMarcel Carné / Jacques Prévert
 Date1945
 Length1h 35mins / 1h 27mins
 CopyrightFatras / Pathé
The Children of Paradise
TitleClip from Les Enfants du paradis (The Children of Paradise)
 ArtistMarcel Carné / Jacques Prévert
 Date1945
 Length1h 35mins / 1h 27mins
 CopyrightFatras / Pathé
May 1st parade in Moscow
TitleMay 1st parade in Moscow
 ArtistAndré Victor Edouard Devambez
 Date1945
 Length2h 43mins
 CopyrightINA archives
The Invisible Object
Title"The Invisible Object" Splashed with Plaster in Giacometti's Workshop
 ArtistBrassaï
 Date1947
 Techniquesilver print
 Size30cm x 24cm
 Locationprivate collection
 CopyrightEstate Brassaï / RMN / Michèle Bellot
Arpad Szenes
TitleArpad Szenes
 ArtistDenise Colomb
 Date1947
 Techniquesilver print
 Size40cm x 30cm
 LocationParis, Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine/Architecture & Heritage Media Center
 CopyrightMinistry of Culture - Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN/Denise Colomb
Land of Black Gold
TitleThe Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold (excerpt)
 ArtistHergé
 Date1951
 CopyrightHergé / Moulinsart
Song for the Auvergnat
TitleSong for the Auvergnat
 ArtistGeorges Brassens
 Date1954
 Length3min 01sec
 CopyrightMercury/Universal
Joan of Arc at the Stake
TitleJoan of Arc at the Stake
 ArtistArthur Honegger / Roberto Rossellini
 Date1954
 Length1h 20mins
 CopyrightRHV
Les diaboliques
TitleClip from Les diaboliques
 ArtistHenri-Georges Clouzot
 Date1955
 Length1h 54mins
 CopyrightInès Clouzot / TF1 International
Construction of the Ministries Esplanade
TitleConstruction of the Ministries Esplanade
 ArtistAnonymous
 Date1956-1960
 TechniqueB&W photograph
 CopyrightAcervo do Arquivo Público do Distrito Federal (ArPDF)
Mon Oncle
TitleMon Oncle
 ArtistJacques Tati
 Date1958
 Length120mins
 CopyrightLes Films de Mon Oncle
La Dolce Vita
TitleClip from La Dolce Vita
 ArtistFederico Fellini
 Date1960
 Length1h 52mins
 CopyrightPathé
Untitled Painting of Fire (F 74)
TitleUntitled Painting of Fire (F 74)
 ArtistYves Klein
 Date1961
 Size139.5cm x 102.3cm
 LocationNational Museum of Modern Art in Paris - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightADAGP
 Photo CreditsPhoto CNAC / MNAM, Dist. RMN / All rights reserved
Rue Passagère
TitleRue Passagère
 ArtistJean Dubuffet
 Date1961
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size129cm x 161cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Bertrand Prévost
Kitchen Stove
TitleKitchen Stove
 ArtistRoy Lichtenstein
 Date1961
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size173cm x 173cm
 LocationNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
 CopyrightRoy Lichtenstein / ADAGP
Funeral Rites of Pandit Nehru
TitleFuneral Rites of Pandit Nehru
 Artistanonymous
 Date1964
 CopyrightGaumont Pathé Archives
André Malraux's homage to Jean Moulin
TitleExtract from André Malraux's homage to Jean Moulin
 ArtistAndré Malraux
 Date1964
 Length23mins
 CopyrightINA
Bébert and Slow Train
TitleBébert and Slow Train
 ArtistYves Robert
 Date1963
 Length1h 40mins
 CopyrightGaumont
Fahrenheit 451
TitleFahrenheit 451
 ArtistFrançois Truffaut
 Date1966
 Length1h 52mins
 CopyrightMK2
Walking City on the Ocean, project
TitleWalking City on the Ocean, project
 ArtistRon Herron
 Date1966
 Techniquecollage of photo and drawing
 Size43cm X 29cm
 LocationMoMA, New York City, USA
 CopyrightDigital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence
Playtime
TitlePlaytime
 ArtistJacques Tati
 Date1967
 Technique70mm color film
 Length152 minutes
 CopyrightLes Films de Mon Oncle
Demonstration on May 6, 1968, in the Latin Quarter
TitleDemonstration on May 6, 1968, in the Latin Quarter
 Artistanonymous
 Date1968
 Techniqueblack & white photograph
 CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Model for the Auroville project
TitleModel for the Auroville project
 ArtistRoger Anger
 Date1968
 Copyrightwikicommons
Le tube de toilette
TitleLe tube de toilette
 ArtistBoby Lapointe
 Date1969
 CopyrightChappell SA / Polydor
Floating Venera islands
TitleFloating Venera islands, cover of the Soviet magazine "Technology for young people"
 ArtistAnonymous
 Date1971
 CopyrightТехника - молодёжи
Volcano Described
TitleVolcano Described
 ArtistPierre Alechinsky
 Date1971
 Size50cm x 66cm
 Techniquelithography
 LocationGalerie Baltazar, Brussels
 CopyrightADAGP
Rise of the new towns (extract)
TitleRise of the new towns (extract)
 ArtistAnonymous
 Techniquedocumentary film
 Date1973
 CopyrightPathé Gaumont Archives
Fellini's Casanova
TitleClip from Fellini's Casanova
 ArtistFederico Fellini
 Date1976
 Length2h 30mins
 CopyrightCarlotta Films
Self-portrait - Jopie Huisman
TitleSelf-portrait - Jopie Huisman
 ArtistJopie Huisman
 Date1978
 Techniqueoil on canvas
 Size60cm x 80cm
 LocationJopie Huisman Museum, Workum, Netherlands
 CopyrightJopie Huisman Museum
Untitled - Reiser
TitleUntitled
 ArtistReiser
 Date1978
 Techniquedrawing
 CopyrightEditions Glénat
Study for Susanna and the Elders - Alberola
TitleStudy for Susanna and the Elders
 ArtistJean-Michel Alberola
 Date1981
 Techniquepastel and charcoal on two sheets of laid paper stuck together
 Size41cm x 50cm
 LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Philippe Migeat
Hiver 54, l'Abbé Pierre
TitleHiver 54, l'Abbé Pierre
 ArtistDenis Amar
 Date1989
 Length102 mins
 CopyrightEpithète films
OZ Refrigerator
TitleOZ Refrigerator
 ArtistRoberto Pezzetta
 Date1994
 LocationNational Museum of Modern Art in Paris - Centre Georges Pompidou
 CopyrightCollection Centre Pompidou, Dist. RMN / Jean-Claude Planchet
"Celebration" snow globe
Title"Celebration" snow globe
 Date1994
 Format10cm X 10cm X 12cm
 CopyrightOonops/Disney archives
Earth at Night
TitleEarth at Night
 Date2000
 Techniquesatellite photos
 CopyrightNASA
Transient Rainbow
TitleTransient Rainbow
 ArtistCai Guo-Qiang
 Date2002
 Techniquefireworks
 CopyrightHiro Ihara / Cai Studio
Clip from City girl
TitleClip from City Girl
 ArtistKevin Shields - Sofia Coppola
 Date2003
 Length182 minutes
 CopyrightSACEM
Apollo 11 Mission
TitleApollo 11 Mission
 ArtistNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
 Date2009
 Techniquemontage from archives
 Length5mins 10secs
 CopyrightNASA
Dunkirk Carnival 2008
TitleDunkirk Carnival 2008
 Date2008
 Length8mins
 CopyrightCity of Dunkirk
HF6
TitleHF6
 ArtistF. Tihon, Y. Bovy and G. Jamsin-Leclercq
 Date2008
 Length52mins
 Copyrightles métallos liégeois et wallons de la FGTB & Form'action
Backyards of Housing Sub-division - Kansas City, Missouri
TitleBackyards of Housing Sub-division - Kansas City, Missouri
 ArtistAlex MacLean
 Techniqueaerial photograph
 CopyrightAlex MacLean
Circular Housing Development - Sun City, Arizona
TitleCircular Housing Development - Sun City, Arizona
 ArtistAlex MacLean
 Techniqueaerial photograph
 CopyrightAlex MacLean
Large Houses on Small Lots - Plano, Texas
TitleLarge Houses on Small Lots - Plano, Texas
 ArtistAlex MacLean
 Techniqueaerial photograph
 CopyrightAlex MacLean
Detail of Cul-de-Sac Sub-Division - Honolulu Area, Hawaii
TitleDetail of Cul-de-Sac Sub-Division - Honolulu Area, Hawaii
 ArtistAlex MacLean
 Techniqueaerial photograph
 CopyrightAlex MacLean
Las Vegas, Nevada
TitleLas Vegas, Nevada
 ArtistAlex MacLean
 Techniqueaerial photograph
 CopyrightAlex MacLean
Phoenix, Arizona
TitlePhoenix, Arizona
 ArtistAlex MacLean
 Techniqueaerial photograph
 CopyrightAlex MacLean
Fujian Tulou
TitleFujian Tulou
 Date2008
 CopyrightUNESCO - Xianglin Song
Motherboard City
TitleMotherboard City
 ArtistFabien Coeur
 Date2009
 Techniquephotomontage
 CopyrightFabien Coeur
Vegetal City
TitleVegetal City
 ArtistLuc Schuiten
 Date2009
 CopyrightLuc Schuiten
Foggy Dubai
TitleFoggy Dubai
 ArtistDavid Alexander
 Date2009
 Copyright© PWL - Photography

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