{"product_id":"paris-isbn-9780785837749","title":"Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis: A Photographic Journey\u003c\/i\u003e provides a historical introduction to the subject and then, in nearly 200 photographs, a journey through its historical sights—bringing the story up to date with scenes of the awful fire that ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in April 2019.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paris has long been popularly known as the “City of Light” for its architectural beauty and tradition of intellectualism. It is the royal city of Louis XIV, the Sun King, and Napoleon. It is the intellectual city of Enlightenment luminaries such as Rousseau and Voltaire. It is the city of bloody revolution and Madame la Guillotine. It is a city of variety—of magnificent Gothic cathedrals, the grand avenues of Baron Haussmann, and cutting-edge contemporary buildings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Divided into the most renowned areas of this famous city, \u003ci\u003eParis\u003c\/i\u003e melds historic and modern photography to show how the \u003cb\u003eCity of Light\u003c\/b\u003e has grown through the centuries. This \u003cb\u003ecoffee table travel book\u003c\/b\u003e will inspire ideas on how you can spend your time when you visit, or just give you a momentary escape to this romantic European city of dreams.  Pictures include those of the gorgeous \u003cb\u003earchitectural marvels\u003c\/b\u003e like the \u003cb\u003eArc de Triomphe\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eLourve\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eEiffle Tower\u003c\/b\u003e, and the \u003cb\u003eMoulin Rouge\u003c\/b\u003e. Shops and restaurants of all French specialties are portrayed with \u003cb\u003edazzling authenticity\u003c\/b\u003e.  Explore the city as if you were traveling with you very own tour guide through the \u003cb\u003ehistoric cobbled streets\u003c\/b\u003e.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Artists, writers, and poets have flocked to Paris through the years and all attempted to capture something of its complexity and verve—such renowned names as \u003cb\u003eToulouse Lautrec, Seurat, Picasso, Dumas, Hugo\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eRimbaud \u003c\/b\u003eamong them. Paris is the city of elegance but alongside the \u003cb\u003eBelle Époque\u003c\/b\u003e designs are the risqué dancers of the \u003cb\u003eMoulin Rouge\u003c\/b\u003e. It is redolent of music and high fashion, of opulence and decadence, of culture and rigorous philosophy. Above all, though, it is a city of enchantment. Paris has been seducing visitors for countless centuries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Today, the city is the commercial center and the \u003cb\u003ecultural heart of France\u003c\/b\u003e. Paris teems year round with tourists who come to sample fine cuisine, gaze upon artistic treasures, and take in the indefinable but heady atmosphere of this most romantic of cities. ","brand":"Chartwell Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892750151909,"sku":"NP9780785837749","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/303f3331-184b-4f72-a966-ab000046ee6d.jpg?v=1773089584","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/paris-isbn-9780785837749","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}