Exposition universelle, 1900 : the chefs-d'œuvre
This is a 1900 Philadelphia publication by William Walton, reproducing masterpieces shown at the Paris Exposition Universelle for an audience interested in contemporary art. The pictures are black-and-white photogravure reproductions of figurative paintings, showing genre scenes of village life, crowded interiors, costumed courtly figures and tender couples in gardens. A designer might take from them the tonal range of dense shadow against soft highlights, and the period costume and architecture.
