Le Magasin pittoresque
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| Editor-in-chief | M. Édouard Charton |
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| Categories | Illustrated magazine |
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| Founder | M. Édouard Charton |
| Founded | 1833 |
| Final issue | 1938 |
| Country | France |
| Based in | Paris |
| Language | French |
Le Magasin pittoresque was a French magazine being published in 1833–1938 and headquartered in Paris, France. It was the first illustrated magazine in the country.[1]
History and profile
Le Magasin pittoresque was launched in 1833.[2] Its founder and editor was M. Édouard Charton.[1][2] The magazine was modelled on The Penny Magazine.[3] It was started as a weekly, but later its frequency was switched to bi-monthly and then to monthly.[2] The magazine was headquartered in Paris, France.[2] The topics covered included public administration, human and social sciences, urban planning, architecture, and civil engineering.[2]
Le Magasin pittoresque featured the first article about an mechanism, Mechanical Turk, which was developed by Hungarian inventor Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen.[4] The mechanism was able to play chess.[4]
References
- ^ a b Brian Rigby (1995). "Magasin pittoresque, Le". In Peter France (ed.). The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198661252.
- ^ a b c d e "Le Magasin pittoresque" (in French). BnF Gallica. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Andrew King (2008). "Magazines, History of". In Wolfgang Donsbach (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Communication. Vol. VI. Malden, MA: Blackwell. p. 2749. ISBN 9781405131995.
- ^ a b Rob Saunders; et al. "Curious Whispers: An Embodied Artificial Creative System" (Conference paper). Lisbon, Portugal: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Creativity. p. 101. ISBN 9789899600126.
External links
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