THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS:
-World Exhibitions brought tourists, artisans, and attention from around the world and established the host country as a power player in the world scene
-Diverse because many different international styles and people from all over the world joined to participate in one central location for six months or longer.
-the idea of an international application of the arts and sciences began in London in 1851, but was primarily focused on industry and not the arts.
1889:
·Seen as the centennial of the French Revolution, the French set out to make the 1889 Expo the most ambitious of any preceding international exposition to assert western Europe's self confidence.
·However, many European monarchies in Europe opted to not participate since many regarded the 1889 Expo as a celebration of the abolishment of a previous regime that the monarchies liked.
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