Montmartre: Paris's Village of Art and Sin (Great Parisian Neighborhoods)

Synopsis

High On The Northern Edge Of Paris, Montmartre Has Always Attracted Bohemians, Political Radicals, The Searchers For Artistic Inspiration As Well As Those Hungry For Pleasure. In Its Winding, Windmill-shadowed Streets, Which, Only Fifty Years Before, Saw The Anarchist Rising Of The Commune, Renoir, Picasso And Van Gogh Seized A Similar Freedom To Remake Painting, While, In The Tenderloin Of Pigalle, Toulouse-lautrec Drew The Cancan Dancers Of The Moulin Rouge, Celebrating A Hedonism That Titillated The World. For Visitors And Armchair Travelers Alike, Montmartre Captures The Excitement And Scandal Of A Fascinating Quarter That Condenses The Elusive Perfumes, Colors And Songs Of Paris-- Map -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Losing Your Head: The Long Walk Of Saint Denis -- The Cat That Walked By Itself -- Building Boulevards -- A Terrible Beauty: The Commune -- The Daily Grind: The Mills And Mines Of Montmartre -- The Lady Of The Camellias -- The Moulin Rouge -- New Romantics -- Artists And Models 1: Artists -- Artists And Models 2: Models -- Acting Up: Montmartre On Stage -- The Ghost Cabarets: Heaven, Hell And Nothingness -- The Three Penises Of Napoleon Bonaparte -- The Pope Of The Café: Montmartre And Surrealism -- Le Tumulte Noir -- A Village Of Sin -- I Regret Nothing: Edith Piaf -- Liberation -- Books On The Butte -- The Bistro De Cure John Baxter. Inlcudes Index.