The Universal Exposition of 1889 was held in Paris and was a highly successful world's fair celebrating French achievements on the centennial of the French Revolution. Over 80 structures exhibited architecture, fine arts, and new technologies. A central attraction was the Eiffel Tower. Vincent van Gogh and other Impressionist artists like Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Degas were working during this period. New inventions like the automobile were also introduced. Music included operas by Cilea and Fuchs as well as musical theater productions.

1. PARIS 1884-89 Amna Alshamsi(ALSH4933)11/03/2010History of VisCom Final Project: Jack and Jill’s time

2. Quick Summary In the times of my characters, Jack the designer and Jill the artist, the Universal Exposition of 1889 (Exposition Universelle de 1889) was taking place. It was a highly successful international exhibition and one of the few world's fairs to make a profit. Its central attraction was the 300 m high iron cast, Eiffel TowerbyGustave Eiffel. There were over 80 other structures on the Champ de Mars housed exhibits, including the1,452 foot long Galerie des Machines by Ferdinand Dutert. It attracted exhibits from Europe, the United States, and the French colonies. It was also a celebration of French achievements on the centennial of the French Revolution. There were many of the achievements in architecture, the fine arts, and new technology that were highlighted in the exhibition. They were also living through the Impressionism period. All of these had played a part their views, lives, and work.

3. Exposition building Paris Exposition Universelle 1889 GustaveEieffel Eiffel Tower 1889

4. Victor Cotamin(engineer) Charles-Louis-Ferdinand Dutret(architect) Galeriedes Machines 1889 Arab House Printed illustration from Garnierand Ammann, L'Habitationhumaine 1889

5. House of India International Exhibition Paris 1889 typo gravure Winslow Homer The Life Line 1884

6. Georges Seurat A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte 1884-86 Georges Seurat Final study for Chahut 1889

7. Vincent van Gogh The Potato Eaters 1885 Georges Seurat Chahut 1889-90

8. Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait in Grey Felt Hat 1887 Vincent Van Gogh Portrait of PèreTanguy 1887-88

9. Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat 1887 Vincent Van Gogh Self-Portrait as a Painter 1888

10. Vincent van Gogh Large Plane Trees 1889 Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear 1889

11. Vincent van Gogh Le Café de Nuit 1888 Vincent van Gogh The Yellow House 1888

12. Vincent van Gogh L'Allée des Alyscamps 1888 Vincent van Gogh The Church at Auvers 1889

13. Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night” 1889 Gabriel von Max “Affen als Kunstkritiker“ Öl auf Leinwand, Neue Pinakothek, München 1889

14. Frédéric-AugusteBartholdi Statue of Liberty completed 1885 Alexandre-GustaveEiffel Garabit Viaduct 1884

15. Rue du Caire Printed illustration fromL'Exposition de Paris 1889 AugusteRenoir The Umbrellas c. 1881 and c. 1885

16. Auguste Renoir Study for "The Bathers" 1884 AugusteRenoir The Bathers 1884

17. Auguste Renoir A Girl 1885-90 AugusteRenoir Girl Braiding Her Hair (Suzanne Valadon). 1885.

18. Auguste Renoir Girl with a Hoop (Marie Goujon) 1885 Auguste Renoir Bouquet of Chrysanthemums 1885

19. AugusteRenoir Young Girl Reading 1886 Auguste Renoir The Bathers 1887

20. Auguste Renoir Girl with Brown Hair 1887-88 AugusteRenoir Little Girl Gleaning 1888

21. AugusteRenoir Portrait of Caroline Rémy ("Séverine") 1885 Auguste Renoir Portrait of a Woman 1885

22. AugusteRenoir The Washer Women 1889 Auguste Renoir The Daughters of CatulleMendés 1888

23. AugusteRenoir Girl with a Basket of Oranges 1889 AugusteRenoir Girl with a Basket of Fish 1889

24. Mary Cassatt Girl Arranging her Hair 1886 AugusteRenoir Children's Afternoon at Wargemont 1884

25. Mary Cassatt Portrait of Alexander Cassatt and His Son Robert 1885 Mary Cassatt Child in a Straw Hat 1886

26. Mary Cassatt Portrait of an Elderly Lady 1887 Mary Cassatt Mrs. Robert S. Cassatt, the Artist's Mother (Katherine Kelso Johnston Cassatt) 1889

27. Mary Cassatt A Portrait of the Artist's Mother 1889-90 Mary Cassatt Hélène de Septeuil 1889-90

28. Camille Pissarro View From My Window, Eragny 1886-88 Camille Pissarro Capital from the Social Turpitudes 1889

29. Camille Pissarro Apple Picking 1886 Camille Pissarro Woman Hanging Laundry 1887

30. Camille Pissarro Woman in an Orchard. Spring Sunshine in a Field, Eragny. 1887 Paul Cézanne The Bridge at Maincy 1882-85

31. Paul Cézanne Plain by Mount Sainte-Victoire 1882-85 Paul Cézanne L'Estaque 1882-1885

32. Paul Cézanne Mount Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bellevue 1882-85 Paul Cézanne The Artists's Son, Paul 1885-90

33. Paul Cézanne Gardanne 1885-86 Paul Cézanne Portrait of Mme Cézanne 1885-87

34. Paul Cézanne Boy in a Red Waistcoat 1888-90 Paul Cézanne The Banks of the Marne 1888

35. Paul Cézanne Pierrot and Harlequin 1888 Paul Cézanne Still Life with Peaches and Pears. 1888-90

36. Edgar Degas Portrait of Mary Cassat 1884 Edgar Degas Tired Dancer 1885

37. Edgar Degas Women Ironing 1884-86 Edgar Degas Nude Wiping Her Foot. 1886

38. Edgar Degas Woman at Her Toilette 1889 Edgar Degas At the Cafe des Ambassadeurs 1885

39. Claude Monet Jardin à Bordighera, effet du matin 1884 Claude Monet Lemon-Trees, Bordighera 1884

40. Claude Monet Haystack at Giverny 1884-1889 Claude Monet Etretat. The End of the Day 1885

41. Claude Monet Portrait of Poly, the Fisherman from Belle-Ile 1886 Claude Monet Tulip Fields in Holland 1886

42. Claude Monet Young Girls in a Boat 1887 Claude Monet Mountains at l'Esterel 1888

43. Gustave Caillebotte Voiliers à Argenteuil 1888 Gustave Caillebotte Self-Portrait 1889

44. Armand Guillaumin The Road of Damiette 1885 Gustave Caillebotte La Plaine de Gennevilliers 1888

45. Armand Guillaumin Trees in Blossomat Saint Cheron 1888 Berthe Morisot La Lecture (Reading) 1888

46. Berthe Morisot Girl in a Boat with Geese 1889 Alfred Sisley Boats 1885

47. Classical music: Enrique Granados (Danzasespañolas), Augusta Holmès(Ode triomphale) Opera: Francesco Cilea(Gina), Robert Fuchs (Die Königsbraut), Miguel Marqués(El plato del día-libretto by Andrés Ruesga, Manuel Lastra and Enrique Prieto, premiered in Madrid) Musical theater: The Gondoliers (Sir Arthur Sullivan Book & Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert), Love's Trickery (London production) Daimler's wire wheel car first shown in Paris 1889

48. THE END Hope I did a good job! Have a lovely break!!