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Löwen, Bettina: Paris im Wandel: Zu den Schaufensterbildern von Eugène Atget, in Avrutina, Alexandra et al. (Eds.): VER – WANDLUNG – EN: Tagungsband anlässlich des 100. Kunsthistorischen Studierendenkongresses in München, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2024, p. 3–14. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1096.c18702
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11/27/2024
Paris im Wandel
Zu den Schaufensterbildern von Eugène Atget
The shop window is one of the favorite motifs of the photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927). As a component of the urban landscape, it shaped the cityscape with its reflective surface and represented a symbol of the modern city. Although Atget’s focus was primarily on the city of Paris before the so-called Haussmannization, details of the nouveau Paris are also visible in some window displays. With his concentrated gaze on the ambivalent materiality of the shop window, Atget literally reflects his view of Paris in his photographs: a city in transition.
