Succès de scandale
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Succès de scandale is a term for any artistic work whose success is attributed, in whole or in part, to public controversy surrounding the work. In some cases the controversy causes audiences to seek
Luncheon on the Grass was one of the first in a series of Parisian succès de scandale.
Richard Strauss's head on a silver platter satirizes the decapitation of John the Baptist in his operatic version of Wilde's Salome
Not a commercial success in Europe, Paul Chabas's September Morn ended up in the permanent collection of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, after scandalising Anthony Comstock and his New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Belle Époque
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The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque was a period of French and European history that began after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and continued until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occ
Succès de scandale
…others it simply heightens public curiosity. In English, this concept is commonly echoed by the phrase "there is no such thing as bad publicity". The Belle Époque ('beautiful era') in Paris, roughly from 1871 to 1914, was notable for many succès de scandale. This was also where and when the term originated. In…
1900 World's Fair in Paris, France
Grand foyer of the Folies Bergère cabaret
Art Nouveau style coffee service in Meissen Porcelain, by Theodor Grust, 1902
Europe during the Belle Époque (1911)