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Timeline of all works on show at the mheu

Cook Fanning the Fire to Roast the Duck He Is Holding in His Left Hand
TitleCook Fanning the Fire to Roast the Duck He Is Holding in His Left Hand
Artistanonymous
Datec. 2000 B.C.
Techniquewood sculpture
LocationEgyptian Museum, Turin
CopyrightTopFoto / Roger-Viollet
Bathtub
TitleBathtub
Artistanonymous
Date2nd century AD
Techniquemarble
Size236cm x 113cm x 70cm
LocationParis, Musée National du Moyen Age - Cluny Thermal Baths
CopyrightRMN / All rights reserved
Young women in bikinis
TitleYoung women in bikinis (detail)
Artistanonymous
Date3rd century
Techniquemosaic
LocationVilla Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy
CopyrightCharles Jousselin
Glass Blower
TitleGlass Blower
ArtistRabanus Maurus
Date11th century
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Paris in the Middle Ages
TitleParis in the Middle Ages
Artistanonymous
Techniqueengraving
CopyrightAlbert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
Composition of the Holy Scripture, or "Ci nous dit"
TitleComposition of the Holy Scripture, or "Ci nous dit"
Artistanonymous, French school
Date14th century
Techniqueillumination on parchment
Size18cm x 14cm
LocationChantilly, Musée Condé
CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
The Apocalypse Tapestry
TitleThe Apocalypse Tapestry (detail)
ArtistHennequin de Bruges
Date1382
Size103m X 4.5m
LocationChâteau d'Angers
Copyrightwikicommons
The very rich hours of the Duc de Berry
TitleLes Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The very rich hours of the Duc de Berry: The Calendar. August)
ArtistLimbourg brothers
Date15th century
Techniqueminiature
Size29cm x 21cm
LocationChantilly, Musée Condé
CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Fleur des histoires
TitleFleur des histoires, Susanna and the Elders
ArtistJean Mansel
Date15th century
Techniqueillumination
Size18cm X 14cm
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Western manuscripts
CopyrightFrançais 55, BnF
Susanna and the Elders
TitleSusanna and the Elders (detail)
ArtistDomenico di Michelino
Date15th century
Techniqueoil
Size43cm x 170cm
LocationAvignon, Musée du Petit Palais, Campana collection
CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Saint Cosmo and Damian Condemned to Burning at the Stake
TitleSaint Cosmo and Damian Condemned to Burning at the Stake
ArtistFra Angelico
Date1439
TechniqueFresco
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Frontispiece of Book IX by Valère Maxime
TitleFrontispiece of Book IX by Valère Maxime
ArtistAtelier de Guillaume Vrelant
Datec. 1470
Techniqueillumination on parchment
LocationPavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris
CopyrightManuscript 5196, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Plans for a city
TitlePlans for a city, taken from Manuscript B
ArtistLeonardo da Vinci
Date1485-88
Techniquedrawing
LocationParis, Bibliothèque de l'Institut
CopyrightRMN (Institut de France)/Thierry Le Mage
Procession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco, Venice
TitleProcession of the True Cross in Piazza San Marco, Venice
ArtistGentile Bellini
Date1496
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size367cm × 745cm
LocationGalleria dell'academia, Venice, Italy
CopyrightWikimedia commons
The Suicide of Seneca
TitleThe Suicide of Seneca, illustration from The Nuremberg Chronicle
ArtistMichael Wolgemut
Datebefore 1500
Techniquewoodcut
LocationBeloit College Library, Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
CopyrightMorse Library, Beloit College
The cries of Paris / the ragpicker-scrap merchant
TitleLes cris de Paris / le chiffonnier-ferrailleur (the cries of Paris / the ragpicker-scrap merchant)
ArtistAnonymous
Datec. 1500
Techniqueengraving on wood
LocationBnF, Pavillon de l'Arsenal
CopyrightBnF, Pavillon de l'Arsenal
Livre du Gouvernement des Princes
TitleLivre du Gouvernement des Princes. Folio 149 verso; a street in the early 16th century
ArtistRomain Gilles
Dateearly 16th century
Techniqueillumination
LocationParis, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
CopyrightRMN / Agence Bulloz
The Garden of Earthly Delights
TitleThe Garden of Earthly Delights
ArtistHieronymus Bosch
Date1510
Techniquepainting on wood (triptych)
Size220cm x 195cm
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
CopyrightHans Hinz - ARTOTHEK
The Island of Utopia
TitleThe Island of Utopia, page 2 & 3 of the Louvain edition
ArtistThomas More
Date1516
TechniqueEngraving
CopyrightNew York Public Library
Map of Tenochtitlan
TitleCortés' 1524 Map of Tenochtitlan
ArtistHernán Cortés
Date1524
Techniquewood engraving
LocationNewberry Library, Chicago, USA
CopyrightNuremberg, Germany: Friedrich Peypus, 1524
Hear the Cries of Paris
TitleVoulez Ouyr les Cris de Paris (Hear the Cries of Paris)
ArtistClément Janequin
Datec. 1530
Length6mins
CopyrightHarmonia Mundi
The Fountain of Youth
TitleThe Fountain of Youth
ArtistLucas Cranach the Elder
Date1546
Techniqueoil on limewood panel
Size122.5cm x 186.5cm
LocationBerlin, Gemäldegalerie
CopyrightBlauel/Gnamm - ARTOTHEK
Susanna at her Bath
TitleSusanna at her Bath
ArtistJacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto
Date16th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size167cm x 238cm
LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
CopyrightRMN / Hervé Lewandowski / Thierry Le Mage
Susanna at her Bath
TitleSusanna at her Bath
ArtistJacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto
Date1555
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size146cm x 193.6cm
LocationVienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
CopyrightPhotobusiness - ARTOTHEK
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
TitleThe Fight Between Carnival and Lent
ArtistPieter Bruegel The Elder
Date1559
Techniqueoil on wood (oak)
Size118cm x 164.5cm
LocationVienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
CopyrightJoseph S. Martin - ARTOTHEK
Tower of Babel
TitleTower of Babel
ArtistPieter Brueghel the Elder
Date1563
Size114cm X 155cm
LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
CopyrightBPK, Berlin, Dist RMN
Map of Paris
TitleMap of Paris
ArtistBelleforest
Date1575
Techniquewood engraving
Size55cm x 41cm
Copyrightparis.org
Susanna and the Elders
TitleSusanna and the Elders
ArtistPaolo Caliari (Veronese)
Date16th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size198cm x 198cm
LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot
Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters
TitleGabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters
Artistanonymous, French school
DateLate 16th century
Techniqueoil on wood
Size96cm x 125cm
LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Procession of the Holy League in the Streets of Paris
TitleProcession of the Holy League in the Streets of Paris
ArtistFrançois Bunel II
Date1593
Techniqueoil on wood
Size60cm × 95cm
LocationVersailles, Versailles Palace
CopyrightRMN / Franck Raux
Brother Bacon, English Alchemist, Balancing the Elements
TitleBrother Bacon, English Alchemist, Balancing the Elements
AuthorMichael Maier
Date1617
Techniqueprint
CopyrightTopFoto / Roger-Viollet
Susanna at her Bath
TitleSusanna at her Bath
ArtistPeter Paul Rubens
Date1636/1639
Techniqueoil on oak panel
Size77cm x 110cm
LocationMunich, Alte Pinakothek
CopyrightBlauel/Gnamm - ARTOTHEK
Susanna and the Elders - Rembrandt
TitleSusanna and the Elders
ArtistRembrandt van Rijn
Date1647
Techniqueoil on mahogany panel
Size76.6cm x 92.7 cm
LocationBerlin, Gemäldegalerie
CopyrightBlauel - ARTOTHEK
Pont Neuf, seen from the entrance to Place Dauphine
The colporteur
TitleThe colporteur
Artistanonymous, Ecole Française
Date17th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size72cm x 85cm
LocationParis, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée (MuCEM)
CopyrightRMN / Jean Schormans
Louis XIV's bathtub
TitleLouis XIV's bathtub
Artistanonymous
Date17th century
LocationVersailles, Versailles and Trianon Palaces
CopyrightRMN / All rights reserved
Prometheus Uses Fire to Give Life to His Clay Statue
TitlePrometheus Uses Fire to Give Life to His Clay Statue
ArtistJacques Stella
Date17th century
Size76cm x 67cm
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationLandesmuseum, Oldenburg
CopyrightWacker - ARTOTHEK
Susanna and the Elders - Pellegrini
TitleSusanna and the Elders
ArtistGiovanni Antonio Pellegrini
Date18th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size117cm x 99cm
LocationDijon, Musée Magnin
CopyrightRMN / Franck Raux
Inside a Kitchen
TitleInside a Kitchen
ArtistCarlo Antonio Crespi
Date18th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationPinacoteca Parmigiani, Bedonia, Italy
CopyrightDist RMN / Georges Tatge
The Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day
TitleThe Basin of San Marco on Ascension Day
ArtistAntonio Canaletto
Date1740
Size183 x 122 cm
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationNational Gallery, Londres
Copyright©The National Gallery, Londres
View of the Neva downstream in Saint Petersburg
TitleView of the Neva downstream between the Winter Palace and the Academy of Sciences
ArtistGrigory Kachalov
Date1753
Techniqueetching
Format140cm X 52cm
LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Copyrightwikicommons
Map of Philadelphia
TitleMap of Philadelphia and the surrounding area
ArtistJacques-Nicolas Bellin
Date1764
Techniqueengraving
Size27cm X 22cm
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France
CopyrightBnF
First Ascension in a Free Balloon
TitleFirst Ascension in a Free Balloon by Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes
Artistanonymous
Date1783
Techniqueprint
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
The Death of Marat
TitleThe Death of Marat
ArtistJacques-Louis David (studio of)
Date1793
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size130cm x 162cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot / Christian Jean
The Louvre façade seen from Rue Fromenteau
TitleThe Louvre façade seen from Rue Fromenteau
ArtistPhilibert-Louis Debucourt
Datelate 18th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size61cm x 50cm
LocationParis, Musée du Louvre
CopyrightRMN / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
Perspective of the town of Chaux
TitlePerspective of the town of Chaux
ArtistClaude-Nicolas Ledoux
Date1804
Techniqueetching
Size48cm X 40cm
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France
CopyrightBnF
Fourth Movement of the Sixth Symphony
TitleExcerpt from the Fourth Movement (Thunder - Storm) of the Sixth (Pastoral) Symphony
ComposerLudwig van Beethoven
PerformersKlaus Tennstedt, Conductor - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Date1808
CopyrightEMI
The book of Edo's fire
TitleThe book of Edo's fire (fragment)
ArtistTashiro Yukiharu
Date1814
Beauty By the Lantern
TitleBeauty By the Lantern
ArtistKusinada
Date1818
Size38cm x 25cm
Techniqueprint
LocationBritish Museum, London, United Kingdom
CopyrightRMN / The Trustees of the British Museum
Battle in Rue de Rohan, July 29, 1830
TitleBattle in Rue de Rohan, July 29, 1830
ArtistHippolyte Lecomte
Date1831
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size43cm × 60cm
LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
CopyrightRMN / Agence Bulloz
Susanna and the Elders, Chaste Susanna
TitleSusanna and the Elders, Chaste Susanna
ArtistEugène Delacroix
Date19th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationLille, Palais des Beaux-Arts
CopyrightRMN / Philipp Bernard
The Burning of the Houses of Parliament
TitleThe Burning of the Houses of Parliament
ArtistJoseph Mallord William Turner
Date1835
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size123cm x 93cm
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Workshop of Abel de Pujol
TitleWorkshop of Abel de Pujol
ArtistAdrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
Date1836
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size135cm x 95cm
LocationValenciennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Les Halles and Rue de la Tonnellerie
TitleLes Halles and Rue de la Tonnellerie
ArtistGiuseppe Canella (the Elder)
Date19th century
Techniqueoil on board
Size15cm x 18cm
LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
CopyrightRMN / Agence Bulloz
Aerial view of New Harmony
TitleAerial view of New Harmony
ArtistF. Bate
Date1838
Techniqueengraving
Copyrightwikicommons
Illustrations from La Nouveaux Tableaux de Paris
Titleillustrations from La grande ville, nouveaux tableaux de Paris
ArtistVictor Adam
Date1842
Techniqueengraving
CopyrightBibliothèque Nationale de France
The Ragpickers
TitleLes chiffonniers (The Ragpickers)
ArtistCharles Joseph Travies de Villers
Date19th century
TechniqueLithograph
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
The Barricade, Rue de la Mortellerie
TitleThe Barricade, Rue de la Mortellerie
ArtistJean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Date19th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Format29cm × 22cm
LocationParis, musée du Louvre
CopyrightRMN / All rights reserved
The young ragpicker leaning on a bollard
TitleLe petit chiffonnier appuyé contre une borne (The young ragpicker leaning on a bollard)
ArtistCharles Nègre
Date1851
TechniqueSepia negative
Size14cm x 10cm
LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Béatrice Hatala
The Wine of the Ragpickers
TitleThe Wine of the Ragpickers
AuthorCharles Baudelaire
Date1857
PublicationLes fleurs du mal
July 13, 1793: Murder of Marat by Charlotte Corday
TitleJuly 13, 1793: Murder of Marat by Charlotte Corday
ArtistPaul Baudry
Date1860
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size154cm x 203cm
LocationNantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot
The Turkish Bath
TitleThe Turkish Bath
ArtistJean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Date1862
Techniqueoil on canvas and wood
Size108cm x 108cm
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
CopyrightRMN / Gérard Blot
The Stove in the Workshop
TitleThe Stove in the Workshop
ArtistPaul Cézanne
Date1865
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size41cm x 30cm
LocationNational Gallery, London, United Kingdom
CopyrightThe National Gallery, London
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race: A Metropolitan Railway Station on a Race Day
TitleThe Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race: A Metropolitan Railway Station on a Race Day
ArtistUnknown
Date1872
Techniqueengraving
Photo credit© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection
Clearing work for the Paris Opera House; razing Butte des Moulins
TitleClearing work for the Paris Opera House; razing Butte des Moulins
Artistanonymous
Date1867
Techniqueblack & white photograph
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Susanna
TitleSusanna
ArtistGustave Moreau
Date19th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size33cm x 40cm
LocationParis, Musée Gustave Moreau
CopyrightRMN / René-Gabriel Ojéda
The Ragpicker
TitleLe chiffonnier (The Ragpicker)
ArtistEdouard Manet
Date1869
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size194 x 130 cm
LocationNorton Simon Museum, Pasadena, USA
CopyrightThe Norton Simon Foundation
Digging the first tunnel
TitreFirst tunnel beneath the Thames
Artistanonyme
Date1869
Techniqueengraving
LocationCollection of London Transport Museum
Photo credit© Transport for London
Workshop Interior with Stove
TitleWorkshop Interior with Stove
ArtistGustave Caillebotte
Date1872
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size80cm x 65cm
Locationprivate collection
Large-scale public works in Paris
TitleLarge-scale public works in Paris; building Boulevard Saint-Germain
Artistanonymous
Date1877
Techniqueengraving
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Saint John's Festival
TitleSaint John's Festival
ArtistJules Breton
Date1875
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size61cm x 34cm
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Arts, United States
CopyrightPhiladelphia Museum of Arts
The Gare Saint-Lazare
TitleThe Gare Saint-Lazare
ArtistClaude Monet
Date1877
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size104 x 75 cm
Locationmusée d'Orsay, Paris
Photo creditRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Rue Saint Denis in Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878
TitleRue Saint Denis in Paris, Festival of June 30, 1878
ArtistClaude Monet
Date1878
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size81cm × 50cm
LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Dinner at the Ball
TitleDinner at the Ball
ArtistEdgar Degas
Date1879
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Woman seated on the edge of the bath sponging her neck
TitleWoman seated on the edge of the bath sponging her neck
ArtistHilaire-Germain Edgar de Gas known as Edgar Degas
Datec. 1880
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size51cm x 62cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Marat assassinated!
TitleMarat assassinated! July 13, 1793, 8 o'clock in the evening
ArtistJean-Joseph Weerts
Date1880
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationMusée La Piscine, Roubaix
CopyrightMusée La Piscine, Roubaix
Workshop in Rue de Furstenberg
TitleWorkshop in Rue de Furstenberg
ArtistJean Frédéric Bazille
Date1881
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size80cm x 65cm
LocationMontpellier, Musée Fabre
CopyrightRMN / Christian Jean
Famous views of Tokyo series
TitleFamous views of Tokyo series
ArtistHiroshige III Utagawa
Date1882
Techniquenishike-e print
LocationParis, musée Guimet - musée national des Arts asiatiques
Photo credit© RMN / Thierry Ollivier
Victor Hugo's Funeral
TitleVictor Hugo's Funeral
Artistanonymous
Date1885
Techniqueblack & white stereo image
CopyrightLL / Roger-Viollet
Peasant Woman By the Hearth
TitlePeasant Woman By the Hearth
ArtistVincent Van Gogh
Date1885
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size40cm x 29cm
LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
CopyrightRMN / Hervé Lewandowski
Passage du Puits-Bertin (Clichy)
TitlePassage du Puits-Bertin (Clichy)
ArtistPaul Signac
Date1887
Techniqueblack ink, pen (drawing)
Size16cm x 25cm
LocationParis, Musée du Louvre, D.A.G. (Orsay collection)
CopyrightRMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Michèle Bellot
The Schuffenecker Family
TitleThe Schuffenecker Family
ArtistPaul Gauguin
Date1889
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size92cm x 73cm
LocationParis, Musée d'Orsay
CopyrightRMN / Hervé Lewandowski
l'omnibus Panthéon-Courcelles
TitleThe Panthéon-Courcelles Omnibus
ArtistPierre Bonnard
Date1890
Size26 x 35 cm
Techniqueoil on board mounted on canvas
LocationPrivate collection
Photo credit© DACS
"Next station" indicator, illustration
Titre"Next station" indicator, illustration
ArtistUnknown
Date1895
Photo credit© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection
Outside elevators, Monte Carlo
TitleOutside elevators, Monte Carlo
ArchitectGustave Eiffel
Date1892
Photo locationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
Photo credit© Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN / Alexis Brandt
The Bayswater Omnibus
TitleThe Bayswater Omnibus
ArtistGeorge Joy
Date1895
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size172 x 120 cm
LocationMuseum of London, UK
Photo creditMuseum of London, UK / Bridgeman Giraudon
Digging out the British Museum Underground station
TitleDigging out the British Museum Underground station
Photographeranonymous
Date1898
Techniquephotography
LocationCollection of London Transport Museum
Photo credit© Transport for London
Mouffetard district: ragpicker
TitleMouffetard district: ragpicker
ArtistEugène Atget
Date1899
Techniqueblack & white silver print
LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet.
CopyrightMusée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
A ragpicker, morningtime, in Paris, Avenue des Gobelins
TitleA ragpicker, morningtime, in Paris, Avenue des Gobelins
ArtistEugène Atget
Date1899
Techniqueblack & white silver print
CopyrightEugène Atget / BnF
Bastille Metro station, Paris
TitleBastille Metro station, Paris
ArchitectHector Guimard
Date1900
TechniquePostcard: colorized photograph
the Notre-Dame de la Garde funicular, Marseilles
TitleAdvertising poster for the Notre-Dame de la Garde funicular, Marseilles
Artistunknown
Date1900
Techniquecolor lithograph
Photo credit© Roger Perrin
Entrance to Karlsplatz station, Vienna
TitleEntrance to Karlsplatz station, Vienna
AuteurOtto Wagner
Date1901
Photo credit© Archives Alinari, Florence / Giuliano Valsecchi
Tramway in Tokyo
TitleTramway in Tokyo
AuthorUnknown
Date1902
SourceActualités Gaumont
The Ragpickers
TitleChiffonniers
ArtistPaul Geniaux
Datec. 1900
Techniqueblack & white silver print
LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
CopyrightPaul Géniaux / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000
TitleLeaving the Opera in the Year 2000
ArtistAlbert Robida
Date1902
Techniqueengraving
CopyrightBnF
The Printmaker Vallotton in His Workshop
TitleThe Printmaker Vallotton in His Workshop
ArtistEdouard Vuillard
Date1902
Techniqueoil on paperboard
Size44cm x 42cm
LocationNancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts
CopyrightG. Mangin
New York City Hall Subway station
TitleNew York City Hall Subway station
photographerunknown
Date1904
TechniqueColorized photograph
Death of Princess de Lamballe
TitleDeath of Princess de Lamballe
ArtistLéon-Maxime Faivre
Date1908
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size265cm × 367cm
LocationVersailles, Versailles Palace
CopyrightFaivre Léon-Maxime / RMN / Gérard Blot
Rue Stabienne in Pompei
TitleRue Stabienne in Pompei
Artistanonymous
Dateearly 20th century
Techniqueblack & white stereoscopic image on board
Size16cm x 6cm
CopyrightOonops archives
The Painter Alfred Roll
TitleThe Painter Alfred Roll
ArtistFrançois Antoine Vizzavona
Dateearly 20th century
Techniquesilver bromide-gelatin glass negative
Size92cm x 73cm
LocationParis Museum of Modern Art
CopyrightRMN / François Vizzavona
The Barricade
TitleThe Barricade, 1871
ArtistAndré Victor Edouard Devambez
Datelate 19th century
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size140cm × 107cm
LocationVersailles, Versailles Palace
CopyrightADAGP / RMN / Gérard Blot
Porte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpickers
TitlePorte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpickers
ArtistEugène Atget
Date1913
Techniqueblack & white silver print
LocationParis, Musée Carnavale
CopyrightEugène Atget / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
Porte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpickers
TitlePorte d'Asnières, Cité Valmy: ragpicker
ArtistEugène Atget
Date1913
Techniqueblack & white silver print
LocationParis, Musée Carnavalet
CopyrightEugène Atget / Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet
Poterne des Peupliers, zone dwellers, Paris' 13th arrondissement
TitlePoterne des Peupliers, zone dwellers, Paris' 13th arrondissement
ArtistEugène Atget
Date1913
Techniqueblack & white silver print
CopyrightEugène Atget / BnF
Porte d'Asnières, Cité Trébert: ragpickers
TitlePorte d'Asnières, Cité Trébert: ragpickers
ArtistEugène Atget
Date1913
TechniqueEpreuve argentique N&B
CopyrightEugène Atget / BnF
Nord-Sud
TitleNord-Sud
ArtistGino Severini
Année1913
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size64 x 49 cm
LocationPinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy
Photo credit© Alinari archives
New York : a traffic corner
TitleNew York : a traffic corner
Artistanonyme
Date1913
Length27" - muet
SourceJournal Gaumont
Quest for Fire
TitleQuest for Fire
DirectorGeorges Denola
Date1914
Length25mins
CopyrightPathé Gaumont Archives
Tram and railway, seen from the artist's studio
TitleTram and railway, seen from the artist's studio
ArtistErnst Kirchner
Date1914
Size81 x 71 cm
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationLübeck, Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Copyright© ARTOTHEK
Verdun
TitleVerdun
ArtistFélix Vallotton
Date1917
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size146cm x 114cm
LocationParis - Musée de l'Armée
CopyrightParis - Musée de l'Armée, Dist. RMN / Pascal Segrette
Strike of the transport
TitleStrike of the transport in New York
AuthorUnknown
Date1919
CopyrightActualités Pathé
Suzanne Valadon, Her Son Maurice Utrillo and André Utter, French Painters
TitleSuzanne Valadon, Her Son Maurice Utrillo (seated, right) and André Utter, French Painters
ArtistHenri Martinie
Date1920
Techniquesilver print
CopyrightHenri Martinie / Roger-Viollet
Sofa - Stove
TitleSofa - Stove
ArtistConstantin Brancusi
Date1923
Techniquesilver print
Size30cm x 24cm
LocationParis Museum of Modern Art - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightADAGP / Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Jacques Faujour
Susanna and the Elders - Corinth
TitleSusanna and the Elders
ArtistLovis Corinth
Date1923
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size150.3cm x 111cm
LocationHannover, Landesmuseum
CopyrightBlauel/Gnamm - ARTOTHEK
the Santa Lucia funicular
Titlethe Santa Lucia funicular
Artisanonyme
Date1923
Techniqueazulejos (ceramic tiles)
Photo credit© Bridgeman Giraudon
Model of the Voisin Plan for Paris
TitleModel of the Voisin Plan for Paris
ArtistLe Corbusier
Date1925
CopyrightFondation Le Corbusier
Traffic on Postdamer Platz in Berlin
TitleTraffic on Postdamer Platz in Berlin
Artistanonymous
Date1926
Techniqueblack & white photograph
LocationBPK, Berlin, Germany
CopyrightBPK, Berlin, Dist RMN
Nude with long hair
TitleNude with long hair
ArtistMarcel Gromaire
Date1927
Techniqueoil on canvas
LocationParis Museum of Modern Art
CopyrightMusée d'Art Moderne / Roger-Viollet
La zone
TitleLa zone
ArtistGeorges Lacombe
Date1928
Length9:24mins
Technique25' silent film
CopyrightLes Films Charles Dullin
Police station on the corner of Rue de la Huchette and Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche
TitlePolice station on the corner of Rue de la Huchette and Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche
ArtistHalasz Gyula (aka Brassaï)
Datec. 1930
Techniquegelatin silver print
Size23cm x 17cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightBrassaï Estate - Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Underground
TitleUnderground
ArtistLill Tschudi
Date1930
Size14 x 15 cm
Techniquelinocut
LocationPrivatr Collection
Photo credit© The Fine Art Society, London, UK
Medical examination at the nursery school at the Pestalozzi-Fröbel hostel
TitleMedical examination at the nursery school at the Pestalozzi-Fröbel hostel
ArtistPaul Schulz
Date1931
Techniqueblack & white photograph
LocationGermany, Berlin, BPK
CopyrightBPK, Berlin, Dist RMN / Paul Schulz
Asphalt layers, Paris
TitleAsphalt layers, Paris
ArtistGisèle Freund
Date1931
Techniquegelatin silver print
Size40cm x 50cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightCNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Cesspit Emptiers with their Pump, Rue Rambuteau
TitleCesspit Emptiers with their Pump, Rue Rambuteau
ArtistHalasz Gyula (aka Brassaï)
Date1931
Techniquegelatin silver print
Size17cm x 22cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightBrassaï Estate - Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Nude at her bath
TitleNude at her bath
ArtistPierre Bonnard
Date1931
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size120cm x 110cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Adam Rzepka
Lamplighter, Place de la Concord
TitleLamplighter, Place de la Concord
ArtistHalasz Gyula (aka Brassaï)
Date1933
Techniquegelatin silver print
Locationprivate collection
CopyrightBrassaï Estate - Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Gérard Blot
Opening of the Picadilly line extension
TitleOpening of the Picadilly line extension
ArtistCecil Walter Bacon
Date1932
Techniqueposter
Size63 x 102 cm
LocationLondon Transport Museum
Photo creditTfL from the London Transport Museum collection
the key to a new countryside
TitleThe key to a new countryside
ArtistUnknown
Date1932
Techniqueposter
Size63 X 102 cm
LocationLondon Transport Museum
Photo creditTfL from the London Transport Museum collection
Sketch for the London Underground map
TitleSketch for the London Underground map
ArtistHarry Beck
Date1933
Techniquepen & ink on paper
LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London
Photo credit© Bridgeman Giraudon
The Tube Train
TitleThe Tube Train
ArtistCyril Power
Date1934
Techniquelinocut
Size31 x 31 cm
LocationPrivate collection
Photo credit© Osborne Samuel Ltd, London / Bridgeman Giraudon
Saint John's Bonfires
TitleSaint John's Bonfires
ArtistCharles Trenet
Date1934
Length2mins 08sec
CopyrightEMI
Map of central London Underground stations
TitleMap of central London Underground stations
Artistanonyme
Date1935
Size127 x 101 cm
LocationCollection of London Transport Museum
Photo credit© Transport for London
Biblioteka Lenina metro station, Moscow
TitleBiblioteka Lenina metro station, Moscow
Artistunknown
Date1935
Techniquemosaic
Photo creditBarbara Tempel
Un soir sur les escalators du métro de Paris
TitleUn soir sur les escalators du métro de Paris
ArtistBoris Taslitzky
Date1935
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size96 x 129 cm
Locationmusée Pouchkine, Moscou
Photo credit© Artothek
March by members of the cleaning ladies' union
TitleMarch by members of the cleaning ladies' union
Artistanonymous
Date1936
Techniqueblack & white photograph
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Untitled (subway)
TitleUntitled (subway)
ArtistMark Rothko
Date1937
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size86 x 61 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Photo credit© Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel
Picasso Next to the Stove
TitlePicasso Next to the Stove
ArtistBrassaï
Date1939
Techniquesilver print
Locationprivate collection
CopyrightEstate Brassaï - RMN / Gérard Blot
Londoners sheltering from the bombs in the Underground
TitleLondoners sheltering from the bombs in the Underground
PhotographerUnknown
Date1940
Photo credit© The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Giraudon
New York City I
TitleNew York City I
ArtistPiet Mondrian
Date1942
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size119cm X 114cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightCollection Centre Pompidou, Dist. RMN/Philippe Migeat - HCR, Warreton, USA
Pair in the series Le Métro
TitlePair in the series Le Métro
ArtistJean Dubuffet
Date1943
Techniquegouache
Size86 x 61 cm
LocationMNAM, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Photo credit© ADAGP / Collection Centre Pompidou, Dist. RMN / Philippe Migeat
Moroccan Tribesmen Around a Fire
TitleMoroccan Tribesmen Around a Fire
Artistanonymous
Date1944
Techniquesilver bromide gelatin print
CopyrightParis - Musée de l'Armée, Dist. RMN / Photo Musée de l'Armée
Susanna and the Elders - Dufy
TitleSusanna and the Elders
ArtistRaoul Dufy
Datec. 1945
Techniqueoil on Isorel panel
Size40cm x 50cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Jean-François Tomasian
The Children of Paradise 1
TitleClip from Les Enfants du paradis (The Children of Paradise)
ArtistMarcel Carné / Jacques Prévert
Date1945
Length1h 35mins / 1h 27mins
CopyrightFatras / Pathé
The Children of Paradise 2
TitleClip from Les Enfants du paradis (The Children of Paradise)
ArtistMarcel Carné / Jacques Prévert
Date1945
Length1h 35mins / 1h 27mins
CopyrightFatras / Pathé
May 1st parade in Moscow
TitleMay 1st parade in Moscow
ArtistAndré Victor Edouard Devambez
Date1945
Length2h 43mins
CopyrightINA archives
Calcutta Station
TitleCalcutta Station
PhotographerClyde Waddell
Date1946
TechniqueB&W photograph
The Invisible Object
Title"The Invisible Object" Splashed with Plaster in Giacometti's Workshop
ArtistBrassaï
Date1947
Techniquesilver print
Size30cm x 24cm
Locationprivate collection
CopyrightEstate Brassaï / RMN / Michèle Bellot
Exercises in Style
TitleExercises in Style
AuthorRaymond Queneau
Year of publication1947
EditionGallimard
Arpad Szenes
TitleArpad Szenes
ArtistDenise Colomb
Date1947
Techniquesilver print
Size40cm x 30cm
LocationParis, Médiathèque de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine/Architecture & Heritage Media Center
CopyrightMinistry of Culture - Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN/Denise Colomb
Land of Black Gold
TitleThe Adventures of Tintin: Land of Black Gold (excerpt)
ArtistHergé
Date1951
CopyrightHergé / Moulinsart
Song for the Auvergnat
TitleSong for the Auvergnat
ArtistGeorges Brassens
Date1954
Length3min 01sec
CopyrightMercury/Universal
Joan of Arc at the Stake
TitleJoan of Arc at the Stake
ArtistArthur Honegger / Roberto Rossellini
Date1954
Length1h 20mins
CopyrightRHV
Les diaboliques
TitleClip from Les diaboliques
ArtistHenri-Georges Clouzot
Date1955
Length1h 54mins
CopyrightInès Clouzot / TF1 International
Construction of the Ministries Esplanade
TitleConstruction of the Ministries Esplanade
ArtistAnonymous
Date1956-1960
TechniqueB&W photograph
CopyrightAcervo do Arquivo Público do Distrito Federal (ArPDF)
Mon Oncle
TitleMon Oncle
ArtistJacques Tati
Date1958
Length120mins
CopyrightLes Films de Mon Oncle
Zazie dans l'métro
TitleZazie dans l'métro
AuthorRaymond Queneau
Date1959
EditionGallimard
Pickpocket
TitlePickpocket
DirectorRobert Bresson
Date1959
Length1h 13'
CopyrightMK2
La Dolce Vita
TitleClip from La Dolce Vita
ArtistFederico Fellini
Date1960
Length1h 52mins
CopyrightPathé
Untitled Painting of Fire (F 74)
TitleUntitled Painting of Fire (F 74)
ArtistYves Klein
Date1961
Size139.5cm x 102.3cm
LocationNational Museum of Modern Art in Paris - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightADAGP
Photo CreditsPhoto CNAC / MNAM, Dist. RMN / All rights reserved
Rue Passagère
TitleRue Passagère
ArtistJean Dubuffet
Date1961
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size129cm x 161cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Bertrand Prévost
Kitchen Stove
TitleKitchen Stove
ArtistRoy Lichtenstein
Date1961
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size173cm x 173cm
LocationNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
CopyrightRoy Lichtenstein / ADAGP
Back of the bus
TitleBack of the bus
AuthorCarver Neblett
Sung byHarry Belafonte
Date1963
CopyrightBMG
Funeral Rites of Pandit Nehru
TitleFuneral Rites of Pandit Nehru
Artistanonymous
Date1964
CopyrightGaumont Pathé Archives
André Malraux's homage to Jean Moulin
TitleExtract from André Malraux's homage to Jean Moulin
ArtistAndré Malraux
Date1964
Length23mins
CopyrightINA
Bébert and Slow Train
TitleBébert and Slow Train
ArtistYves Robert
Date1963
Length1h 40mins
CopyrightGaumont
Fahrenheit 451
TitleFahrenheit 451
ArtistFrançois Truffaut
Date1966
Length1h 52mins
CopyrightMK2
Walking City on the Ocean, project
TitleWalking City on the Ocean, project
ArtistRon Herron
Date1966
Techniquecollage of photo and drawing
Size43cm X 29cm
LocationMoMA, New York City, USA
CopyrightDigital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence
« J'ai peur, Georges ! »
Title"J'ai peur, Georges !"
ArtistSempé
Date1962
EditionDenoël
Playtime
TitlePlaytime
ArtistJacques Tati
Date1967
Technique70mm color film
Length152 minutes
CopyrightLes Films de Mon Oncle
Demonstration on May 6, 1968, in the Latin Quarter
TitleDemonstration on May 6, 1968, in the Latin Quarter
Artistanonymous
Date1968
Techniqueblack & white photograph
CopyrightRoger-Viollet
Model for the Auroville project
TitleModel for the Auroville project
ArtistRoger Anger
Date1968
Copyrightwikicommons
Le tube de toilette
TitleLe tube de toilette
ArtistBoby Lapointe
Date1969
CopyrightChappell SA / Polydor
Floating Venera islands
TitleFloating Venera islands, cover of the Soviet magazine "Technology for young people"
ArtistAnonymous
Date1971
CopyrightТехника - молодёжи
Rush hour
TitleRush hour
ArtistWilliam Roberts
Date1971
Size30 x 40 cm
Techniquegraphite & gouache on paper
Locationprivate collection
Photo credit© Gillian Jason Modern & Contemporary Art / Bridgeman Giraudon
Volcano Described
TitleVolcano Described
ArtistPierre Alechinsky
Date1971
Size50cm x 66cm
Techniquelithography
LocationGalerie Baltazar, Brussels
CopyrightADAGP
New York Subway map
TitleNew York Subway map
ArtistMassimo Vignelli
Date1972
Techniqueposter
Location & copyrightNew York City Transit Authority
Rise of the new towns (extract)
TitleRise of the new towns (extract)
ArtistAnonymous
Techniquedocumentary film
Date1973
CopyrightPathé Gaumont Archives
T-Central metro station, Stockholm
TitreT-Central metro station, Stockholm
DesignerPer Olof Ultvedt
Date1975
Photo creditMichael Rohde for metrobits.org
Fellini's Casanova
TitleClip from Fellini's Casanova
ArtistFederico Fellini
Date1976
Length2h 30mins
CopyrightCarlotta Films
les gbakas d'Abidjan
TitleLes gbakas d'Abidjan
ArtistDaouda
Date1976
Length5'35"
LabelCoeur De Cible C.i
CopyrightAristide Houessinon
Avoid the crush
TitleAvoid the crush
ArtistHarry Stevens
Date1976
Techniquegouache
Size76 X 23 cm
Photo credit© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection
Taxi driver
TitleTaxi driver
DirectorMartin Scorcese
Date1976
Length1h 53'
WithRobert de Niro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel
CopyrightGie Sphe-Tf1 vidéo
Self-portrait - Jopie Huisman
TitleSelf-portrait - Jopie Huisman
ArtistJopie Huisman
Date1978
Techniqueoil on canvas
Size60cm x 80cm
LocationJopie Huisman Museum, Workum, Netherlands
CopyrightJopie Huisman Museum
Untitled - Reiser
TitleUntitled
ArtistReiser
Date1978
Techniquedrawing
CopyrightEditions Glénat
Tokyo's packed metros
TitleTokyo's packed metros
ArtistHarry Green
Date1980
Techniquemagazine illustration
Photo credit© Look and Learn / Bridgeman Giraudon
Study for Susanna and the Elders - Alberola
TitleStudy for Susanna and the Elders
ArtistJean-Michel Alberola
Date1981
Techniquepastel and charcoal on two sheets of laid paper stuck together
Size41cm x 50cm
LocationParis, Musée National d'Art Moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightADAGP, Photo CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN / Philippe Migeat
In the white city
TitleIn the white city
DirectorAlain Tanner
Date1983
Length1h 48'
WithBruno Ganz
CopyrightMK2
The Tate Gallery by Tube
Titlethe Tate Gallery by tube
ArtistDavid Booth
Date1986
Size50 x 76 cm
Techniqueadvertising poster
LocationCollection of London Transport Museum
Photo credit© Transport for London
Hiver 54, l'Abbé Pierre
TitleHiver 54, l'Abbé Pierre
ArtistDenis Amar
Date1989
Length102 mins
CopyrightEpithète films
OZ Refrigerator
TitleOZ Refrigerator
ArtistRoberto Pezzetta
Date1994
LocationNational Museum of Modern Art in Paris - Centre Georges Pompidou
CopyrightCollection Centre Pompidou, Dist. RMN / Jean-Claude Planchet
"Celebration" snow globe
Title"Celebration" snow globe
Date1994
Format10cm X 10cm X 12cm
CopyrightOonops/Disney archives
Back of a bus, Cartagena de Las Indias
TitleBack of a bus, Cartagena de Las Indias
PhotographerFerdinando Scianna
Techniquecolour photography
Photo credit© Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos
Earth at Night
TitleEarth at Night
Date2000
Techniquesatellite photos
CopyrightNASA
Normal traffic congestion, Dhaka
TitleNormal traffic congestion, Dhaka
PhotographerIan Berry
Date2000
Techniquephotography
Photo credit© Magnum
Transient Rainbow
TitleTransient Rainbow
ArtistCai Guo-Qiang
Date2002
Techniquefireworks
CopyrightHiro Ihara / Cai Studio
Ochanomizu station
TitleOchanomizu Station, Tokyo
PhotographerJustin Choulochas
Date2007
Techniquedigital photography
Clip from City girl
TitleClip from City Girl
ArtistKevin Shields - Sofia Coppola
Date2003
Length182 minutes
CopyrightSACEM
Apollo 11 Mission
TitleApollo 11 Mission
ArtistNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Date2009
Techniquemontage from archives
Length5mins 10secs
CopyrightNASA
New York girl of my dreams
TitreIdentikit picture of "New York Girl of my Dreams"
ArtistPatrick Moberg
Date2007
TechniqueDrawing
Copyright© www.nygirlofmydreams.com/
All Trains Go To King's Cross St Pancras
TitleAll Trains Go To King's Cross St Pancras
ArtistEllen Golla
Date2004
Size40 x 30 cm
Techniquepaper mosaic collage
LocationPrivate collection
Photo credit© Bridgeman Giraudon
Dunkirk Carnival 2008
TitleDunkirk Carnival 2008
Date2008
Length8mins
CopyrightCity of Dunkirk
HF6
TitleHF6
ArtistF. Tihon, Y. Bovy and G. Jamsin-Leclercq
Date2008
Length52mins
Copyrightles métallos liégeois et wallons de la FGTB & Form'action
Backyards of Housing Sub-division - Kansas City, Missouri
TitleBackyards of Housing Sub-division - Kansas City, Missouri
ArtistAlex MacLean
Techniqueaerial photograph
CopyrightAlex MacLean
Circular Housing Development - Sun City, Arizona
TitleCircular Housing Development - Sun City, Arizona
ArtistAlex MacLean
Techniqueaerial photograph
CopyrightAlex MacLean
Large Houses on Small Lots - Plano, Texas
TitleLarge Houses on Small Lots - Plano, Texas
ArtistAlex MacLean
Techniqueaerial photograph
CopyrightAlex MacLean
Detail of Cul-de-Sac Sub-Division - Honolulu Area, Hawaii
TitleDetail of Cul-de-Sac Sub-Division - Honolulu Area, Hawaii
ArtistAlex MacLean
Techniqueaerial photograph
CopyrightAlex MacLean
Las Vegas, Nevada
TitleLas Vegas, Nevada
ArtistAlex MacLean
Techniqueaerial photograph
CopyrightAlex MacLean
Phoenix, Arizona
TitlePhoenix, Arizona
ArtistAlex MacLean
Techniqueaerial photograph
CopyrightAlex MacLean
ça roule
Titleça roule
ArtistInno
Date2007
Techniqueacrylic on board
Photo credit© Inoussa Simporé
Fujian Tulou
TitleFujian Tulou
Date2008
CopyrightUNESCO - Xianglin Song
Motherboard City
TitleMotherboard City
ArtistFabien Coeur
Date2009
Techniquephotomontage
CopyrightFabien Coeur
Vegetal City
TitleVegetal City
ArtistLuc Schuiten
Date2009
CopyrightLuc Schuiten
Foggy Dubai
TitleFoggy Dubai
ArtistDavid Alexander
Date2009
Copyright© PWL - Photography
Le refus de Rosa Parks
Titlele refus de Rosa Parks
ArtistNdary Lo
Date2009
Techniqueinstallation
Sizevariables
Locationfondation Blachère, France
Photo credit© Laure Tarot

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