Paris: The Hall of Urban Civilization

Author: Guo Ning, Pan Ling
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: This book introduces French civilization through Paris. It avoids presenting Paris from ordinary perspectives or in a purely theoretical manner. Instead, it describes the various landscapes and historical sites of the capital with passionate and vivid language, while also exploring French art and customs. Through this, readers can understand why Paris became the capital of France and how this "city of the light of enlightenment" became a hub for art and noble ideals that inspired global change. The book takes the initiative of two great Chinese artists and art thinkers active in France as a starting point to analyze the complementarity and integration of French and Chinese cultures. One is the painter Zhu Dequn, who was appointed as an academician of the French Academy of Arts in 1997, and the other is Cheng Baoyi, an art theorist, poet, and writer who won the Prix Femina award in 1998.