20世纪之交是法国的黄金时代。在法兰西共和国发生了一系列激烈的战争和动荡之后，这是一个和平，繁荣和进步的时代，并在1871年结束的法普战争中达到了高潮。好时代从冲突的废墟中带来了生活乐趣的蓬勃发展，艺术，设计，工业，技术，美食，教育，旅行，娱乐和夜生活都在蓬勃发展。通过马克•沃尔特（Marc Walter）和Photovintagefrance档案库中的约800张老式照片，明信片，海报和单色粉，《19世纪的法国》延续了了TASCHEN最畅销的经典摄影作品系列：《19世纪的意大利》，《大旅行》，《19世纪的德国》和《美国人奥德赛》，以记录法国在本世纪初的所有辉煌。萨宾•阿尔克（Sabine Arque）撰写的引言，六篇文章以及详尽的评论对图片背后的故事进行了探讨，这是一幅无与伦比的肖像，描绘了一个世纪之交的国家以及**次世界大战爆发前的灿烂繁荣。

The turn of the 20th century was a golden era in France. It was an age of peace, prosperity, and progress after a series of bruising wars and turmoil within the French Republic, culminating in the Franco-Prussian War, which had ended in 1871. From the ruins of conflict, the Belle Époque brought joie de vivre flourish, a boom in art, design, industry, technology, gastronomy, education, travel, entertainment, and nightlife.

Through some 800 vintage photographs, postcards, posters, and photochromes from the extensive archives of Marc Walter and Photovintagefrance, France around 1900 follows up on TASCHEN’s best-

selling vintage photographic collections Italy around 1900, The Grand Tour, Germany around 1900, and An American Odyssey to provide a precious record of France in all its turn-of-the-century glory. With the photochrome technique used in many of the images restoring the past to vivid color, we enjoy a bristling close, bittersweet, encounter with this hopeful age: the brave, stony splendor of the Mont Saint-

Michel; the icy peaks of Chamonix; and the honey light of the Côte d’Azur.

With an introduction, six essays, and detailed commentary by Sabine Arqué exploring the stories behind the pictures, this is an unrivalled portrait of a nation on the cusp of the century and of its poignant exuberance before the paroxysm of the First World War. While paying tribute to the precious Belle Époque, crushed by the traumas of history, it also celebrates the unwavering allure of La Belle France, its beauty, culture, traditions, and legendary romance.