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 the defeated but prestigious adversaries by...

• Adding gravitas to monuments...

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Paris's place de la République, 1883

 New York Bay, Statue of Liberty web site

The Statue of Liberty, 1889

•  ...and bringing dignity and elegance to daily life:

Crossroad, rues Saint-Denis and Réaumur, 3rd

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Parvenus still adopt the reference...

Scarface by Brian de Palma with Al Pacino (1987) / movie website

...golded up.

       Trump Tower salon, zoom (please scroll down)

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