tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post3434070618198232333..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 - totally brilliantHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-79157611626037442372011-02-20T11:11:27.361+11:002011-02-20T11:11:27.361+11:00PM Doolan
I appreciate the true background to the ...PM Doolan<br />I appreciate the true background to the Entente cordiale because the reason for the grand celebration in 1908 was military-political and not commercial-cultural. <br /><br />But in any case, I wonder if visitors to the Franco-British Exhibition were aware of the Entente cordiale of 1904. <br /><br />Firstly four years had passed and the connection might have slipped the public's mind. Secondly from what we can see from the posters, catalogues and souvenirs, the connection between Britain and France looked misty, romantic and historical. Not a political or military man in sight.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-32834331461793245042011-02-19T23:49:42.044+11:002011-02-19T23:49:42.044+11:00Excellent post. As Hermes said, it would be wonde...Excellent post. As Hermes said, it would be wonderful to be able to travel back and visit the exhibtion. But the Entente Cordiale did have a dark side. It was negotiated two years after Britain had ended her splendid isolation by signing a military treaty with Japan, and it was followed by an entente with Russia just the year before this exhibition took place. The fact that France and Russia already had a military treaty since 1894, and now both had agreements with Britain, convinced the German Chiefs of Staff that they were being completely encircled by an "Einkreisingungspolitik". The German leadership felt they had to burst out of this hostile circle of Britain, France and Russia. The opportunity arose in the summer of 1914, with awful consequences.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-50829322983555070082011-02-19T20:35:27.436+11:002011-02-19T20:35:27.436+11:00Hermes
the Edwardian era must have been very tough...Hermes<br />the Edwardian era must have been very tough for half the population,<br />but in some ways it was a totally exciting period of technology, culture and scientific progress. Nothing expressed this excitement better than a world exhibition. I too would loved to have been there.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-64766346713435785282011-02-19T20:33:01.097+11:002011-02-19T20:33:01.097+11:00artlover
and one more thing. Percy Marks, a Sydney...artlover<br />and one more thing. Percy Marks, a Sydney jeweller, won the grand prix at the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition for his amazing black opals.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-39477105607961490952011-02-19T18:37:16.226+11:002011-02-19T18:37:16.226+11:00Great post and images. One of the events I would l...Great post and images. One of the events I would love to invent a time machine for.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52152271876538970222011-02-19T17:12:00.616+11:002011-02-19T17:12:00.616+11:00Australia had an interest in this world fair. All ...Australia had an interest in this world fair. All countries had their own pavilion, including Australia, but we also had Dame Nellie Melba singing up a storm.artlover15noreply@blogger.com