Grab the idea of the Belle Époque

La Belle Epoque; myth has replaced history to such a degree that these words immediately conjure up a 🎼 music-hall scene: showing girls in black stockings, 💃 pink velvet bodices, and feathered hats dancing the cancan… Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec ~ At the Moulin Rouge ~ The Dance The idea of the Belle Époque emerged in the last half of the nineteenth century; Paris was the center of the action. No city has ever been so well arranged to receive the world and, indeed, it did. The Bar at Maxim's ~ @Pierre-Victor Galland Czars, emperors, kings, maharajahs, and princes; the gratin and the nouveaux riches; heiresses and Middle European bankers; anarchists and Apaches; all the world rubbed shoulders and filed in and out of this splendid and glorious city. # labelleepoq # labelleepoque # pierrevictorgalland # MaximsdeParis # Paris # ToulouseLautrec # FrenchCancan # MoulinRouge # icon # painting # famous # vintagepainting