. Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre. 1. OLD PARIS. THE STAIRWAY TO THESAINTE-CHAPELLE. others, met in convention and decided to organize, on the occasion of theExposition, an international congress of the arts of design, and a com-mission was constituted to draw up the regulations and invitations forthe same. An international congress of Public Art has also been organ-ized, to convene on the 8th of August, probably in the Hotel de Ville, inwhich the Academie des Beaux-Arts has decided to take part,—the objectbeing to examine questions connected with the creation and protection of
. Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'uvre. 1. OLD PARIS. THE STAIRWAY TO THESAINTE-CHAPELLE. others, met in convention and decided to organize, on the occasion of theExposition, an international congress of the arts of design, and a com-mission was constituted to draw up the regulations and invitations forthe same. An international congress of Public Art has also been organ-ized, to convene on the 8th of August, probably in the Hotel de Ville, inwhich the Academie des Beaux-Arts has decided to take part,—the objectbeing to examine questions connected with the creation and protection ofthe artistic features of cities, the beauty of sylvan sites, etc., to restore ^8 ARCHITECTURE to art its former social unison, by applying it to tlie modern sentiment inall departments under public government, etc., etc. Of the innumerable criticisms of the architectural features of theExposition that have been published and uttered, one of the most fre-quent, if not one of the most unreasonable, is that of the lack of our modern paganism
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