The Belle Époque

France and Europe's golden afternoon: peace, Paris expositions, and the arts from the Commune to the Great War.

Specifications & Metrics

era

1871 – 1914

region

France and Western Europe

Core Principles & Analysis

• Named nostalgically only after the First World War ended it.
• The Eiffel Tower rose for the 1889 Exposition and the Métro opened for 1900.
• It ran on the new technologies of cinema, automobiles, and electric light for the classes that could afford them.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Belle Époque