Montparnasse
Left Bank district
Montparnasse is a district in Paris on the Left Bank, historically associated with artists, writers, and bohemian culture.
In the early twentieth century, it rivaled Montmartre as the center of Parisian artistic life, drawing figures like Hemingway, Picasso, and Modigliani to its cafés and studios.
Today it remains known for its cafés, cemetery, and the Tour Montparnasse skyscraper.
The name also refers to a character in Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*—a young dandy among the criminal underclass.
- FitzgeraldPatronymic from Gerald
- SartreFrench existentialist philosopher
- BeauvoirFrench feminist philosopher
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
Gertrude Stein · Henry Miller · Lost Generation · existentialism · café · manuscript · poetry · prose
Spanish cubism co-founder
- ModiglianiItalian modernist painter-sculptor
- GiacomettiSculptor of attenuated figures
- atelierCreative professional's workspace
- studioCreative professional's workspace
canvas · sculpture · gallery · exhibition · cubism · modernism · surrealism · avant-garde
Rejection of mainstream values
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- impoverishedExtremely lacking in money
garret · absinthe · soirée · salon · libertine · commune · artistic colony · flâneur
Hemingway
- FitzgeraldPatronymic from Gerald
- SartreFrench existentialist philosopher
- BeauvoirFrench feminist philosopher
Gertrude Stein · Henry Miller · expatriate · Lost Generation · existentialism · café · manuscript · poetry · prose · intellectual
Picasso
Spanish cubism co-founder
- ModiglianiItalian modernist painter-sculptor
- GiacomettiSculptor of attenuated figures
- atelierCreative professional's workspace
studio · canvas · sculpture · gallery · exhibition · cubism · modernism · surrealism · avant-garde · masterpiece
counterculture
Rejection of mainstream values
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- eccentricUnconventional in character
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
impoverished · garret · absinthe · soirée · salon · libertine · commune · artistic colony · flâneur · vagabond
arrondissement
French administrative subdivision
- Left BankParis's intellectual quarter
- quartierUrban neighborhood area
- brasserieInformal French restaurant
bistro · boulevard · métro · Haussmann · Seine · urbanity · cosmopolitan · chic · patisserie
MontparnasseWall Street
American finance hub
City of London · Mayfair · Fifth Avenue · Ginza · Silicon Valley