Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century (Walter Benjamin)

1. Why did Benjamin begin this article with arcades?

2. What is the significance of panoramas to arcade and city?

3. What is flaneur?

4. Why is "novelty" so important to commodity?

5. What is the relationship between Haussmann and Benjamin's understanding of Paris?

Haussmann's Paris--Graphic I
Haussmann's Paris--Graphic II
Barricades (Paris Commune)

Art Nouveau (wikipedia)

Chats/ Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1895-1923)

Chocolate Amatler 1900/ Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939 )

The Kiss / Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)