1867: Aztec idols at the Paris World Fair

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Throughout the second half of the 19th century, Paris hosted several World fairs, during which the French capital commanded the undivided attention of the world. These events chiefly celebrated the economic and industrial power of participant nations, but quickly became privileged spaces of scientific exchange (Ageorges 2006, Carré et al. 2012) and of representation of the “Other” (Demeulenaere-Douyère 2010). For its predominantly European public, World fairs became windows to faraway, exotic horizons.

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Felicity Bodenstein
Felicity Bodenstein
My research focus is on the history of archaeological and ethnographic collections. After completing my PhD in art history at… Weiterlesen

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Felicity Bodenstein (5. Juli 2018). 1867: Aztec idols at the Paris World Fair. Translocations. Ikonographie. Abgerufen am 14. Juni 2026 von https://doi.org/10.58079/utzq


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