The Renaissance in France was a cultural and artistic movement from the fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century. This period was connected to the broader European Renaissance, with its main activity centered in the Loire River region.
The New Renaissance, meanwhile, emerged from Neoclassical architecture in the nineteenth century and further enriched its content through the Renaissance. Its main area of activity was Paris.
It was a golden age for writers. Artists of that era gradually discovered that, compared to stirring words, static paintings could no longer perfectly convey intense emotions such as jealousy, deception, and the clouding of reason through visual impact alone. Sculptors and painters stepped down from their pedestals, replaced by writers such as Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Alexandre Dumas fils, and Balzac.
The works of these writers were sometimes adapted into operas and plays, bringing the scenes people had imagined from the words in their minds onto the stage.
Painters began working to decorate stages. Even if their painting skills were exquisite and the backdrops were filled with romantic Symbolist elements, audiences were drawn to the actors and the plot, unable to notice those backgrounds.
There was a branch of economics called attention economics. Attention was actually a very important resource. In this age of information overload, drawing together other people's attention could often generate commercial value. For example, if everyone agreed to meet at Saint-Michel Fountain and you happened to arrive early, there would be no benches around the fountain for people to rest on.
Then you noticed there were many cafés nearby, so you casually picked one and sat down, drinking coffee while waiting for your friends, even though drinking coffee had not been part of your reason for arranging the meeting.
Men and women dressed themselves dazzlingly not only to feel confident,