Olympia, Madame X, and Mme Matisse

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he revolutionary advancements in science, and by the public criticism of the Scriptures. As a result, many of Paris’s intellectual and scientific elite stopped being involved with the church. This movement would only continue to grow with the turn and progression of the next century.
The 1890’s followed as a time of progressive change. Terms used within that timeframe reflect the great sense of “newness” in Paris: new humor, new realism, new woman, new drama, and new art, were all terms casually flung around to define the decade. Economic growth during the 1890’s was amazing, and was not equaled again until the 1950’s. Advancing prices, rising money wages, and full employment were results.
The French called the time between 1900 and 1910 La Belle Époque, the “Beautiful Era.” During this time the seeds were planted for all the advances in science, art, literature, technology, and economics during the 20th century. By 1900 Europe was a booming world economy that continued to grow until the 1st World War. The...