Musée d'Orsay
Rue de la Légion d'Honneur 1
75007 Paris
The Spectacular Second Empire, 1852-1870
Spectaculaire Second Empire, 1852-1870
Until 15th January 2017
A regime denigrated in its time and held in contempt after its fall, the Second Empire was, for a long time, associated with the decadence and superficiality of the "fête impériale". Against a background of social unrest, this prosperous era was a time of splendour and of economic euphoria, of ostentation and numerous lavish celebrations that are worth revisiting.
It was also a period of moral and aesthetic crisis, torn between the old cultural frameworks and the new practices, between increasingly excessive decoration and the quest for the real - conflicting currents that determined much of French artistic creation in the 1850s and 1860s.
The Musée d’Orsay is looking at the entertainments and festivities of the Second Empire and at the different "stages" on which our modernity was invented. The exhibition’s thematic lay-out, with paintings, sculptures, photographs, architectural drawings, objets d’art and jewellery side by side, creates a portrait of this prolific and brilliant era, so rich in contradictions.
Régime décrié en son temps et honni après sa chute, le Second Empire fut longtemps marqué du sceau décadent et superficiel de la "fête impériale". Sur fond de bouleversements sociaux, cette époque de prospérité fut un temps de fastes et d'euphorie économique, d'ostentation et de célébrations multiples qu'il convient de réexaminer.
C'est également une période de crise morale et esthétique, écartelée entre les cadres culturels anciens et les nouveaux usages, entre l'hypertrophie des décors et la quête du vrai, autant d'oppositions qui déterminent pour une large part la création française des années 1850 et 1860.
Le musée d'Orsay se penche sur le Second Empire des spectacles et de la fête, et sur les différentes "scènes" où s'est inventée notre modernité. Le parcours thématique, où se côtoient peintures, sculptures, photographies, dessins d'architecture, objets d'art, et bijoux, brosse le portrait de cette époque foisonnante, brillante et riche en contradictions.
Opening hours: 9.30am to 6pm daily, except Mondays. Late night on Thursdays until 9.45pm
Admission: €12
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The Spectacular Second Empire - Paris - Until 15-1-2017
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