Figaro illustré
Figaro illustré was a Paris illustrated periodical published by J. Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, covering art and the 1900 Exposition universelle for a general French readership. The pictures are halftone photographs of exhibition halls, sculpture, facades and crowds at the Petit Palais, with dense printed text in columns beside them. A designer might take their grey tonal range, architectural framing and bold sculpted figures as references for period exhibition layout.
