When we went to the Musee D’Orsay, I thought it was another, grander Hausmannian-designed structure due to its similarities with the surrounding buildings, but was corrected when I heard it was an example of adaptive reuse in the 1960s from an obsolete train station set to be demolished.
Out of the exhibits being shown in the museum, I liked the Decorative Arts the most. The things I liked the most about it was the craftsmanship and the aesthetic vision behind them. In a rapidly industrializing world, I would assume the elaborate, artisanal handmade pieces were a reaction to the changing world.
