THE GODDESS'S DESCENDANTS

 

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION'S NEWLY RICH COPY THE

NOBLES' CODE

 

Politically and economically victorious but socially insecure, they model their culture on that of their defeated but prestigious adversaries. Parvenus still do...

    Scarface by Brian de Palma with Al Pacino (1987) / movie website                       Trump Tower salon / zoom

The adaptation also adds...

• Gravitas to monuments.

Zoom

Paris's place de la République, 1883

 New York Bay, Statue of Liberty web site

The Statue of Liberty, 1889

• Dignity and elegance to daily life.

Corner of rue Saint-Denis and rue de Turbigo, 2nd

Avenue des Gobelins, 13th

Across the street

When  you see sculptures of gods or goddesses

on Parisian buildings,*

know that that part of the city was torn down

 because home to working-class rebels

or burned during La Commune.

* Other than one of the Louvre courtyards or the Opéra.

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What Opéra tours won't say