Claude Monet’s art—and the city of Paris during his formative years—are often framed as serene, timeless icons of cultural heritage. In contrast, the Allen’s exhibition Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City reveals the political unrest simmering beneath that surface. In this talk, Assistant Professor of History Nicholas Bujalski examines how the upheavals of 19th-century Paris—revolution, urban transformation, and civil war—not only shaped Monet’s world but left their mark on the emerging Impressionist style, where bourgeois calm meets a city in flux.

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