Walking in yesterday's Paris

Author: Kailuote
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Each chapter of this book features one illustration representing the architecture of Paris during that period; followed by the walking route we have designed. The purpose is to first visit the distinctive buildings, supplemented with descriptions, and then allow interested readers to explore additional attractions based on the supplementary introductions for a more in-depth visit. At the end, there is an excerpt from a historically significant literary work. This book is neither a specialized art history text nor a traditional guidebook. This tour of Paris and its history allows people to glimpse how the artistic essence of that era enabled countless men and women to shape our present city over the course of history. Honoré de Balzac wrote in Le Père Goriot: "Paris is truly an ocean, and no can ever fathom its depths. Run! Write! No matter how painstakingly you explore every corner, no matter how thoroughly you detail every site, no matter how many people and how many deeply interested explorers delve into this ocean, the next time you will always discover new unknown places and unseen people. It is filled with flowers, treasures, devils, and dazzling things, as well as the corners forgotten by literary explorers. This book is merely intended to help those who wish to understand and appreciate the past and present of Paris—the modern explorers. Perhaps at the beginning of the third millennium, they too may uncover the eleventh walking route for modern exploration. Perhaps at the beginning of the third millennium, they too may discover the eleventh walking route through Paris. Each chapter of this book features one illustration representing the architecture of Paris during that period; followed by the walking route we have designed. The purpose is to first visit the distinctive buildings, supplemented with descriptions, and then allow interested readers to explore additional attractions based on the supplementary introductions for a more in-depth visit. At the end, there is an excerpt from a historically significant literary work. This book is neither a specialized art history text nor a traditional guidebook. This tour of Paris and its history allows people to glimpse how the artistic essence of that era enabled countless men and women to shape our present city over the course of history. Honoré de Balzac wrote in Le Père Goriot: "Paris is truly an ocean, and no can ever fathom its depths. Run! Write! No matter how painstakingly you explore every corner, no matter how thoroughly you detail every site, no matter how many people and how many deeply interested explorers delve into this ocean, the next time you will always discover new unknown places and unseen people. It is filled with flowers, treasures, devils, and dazzling things, as well as the corners forgotten by literary explorers. This book is merely intended to help those who wish to understand and appreciate the past and present of Paris—the modern explorers. Perhaps at the beginning of the third millennium, they too may uncover the eleventh walking route for modern exploration. Perhaps at the beginning of the third millennium, they too may discover the eleventh walking route through Paris.