Talk:International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts

Image: the Eifel Tower
Since the Eifel Tower was erected for an exposition, but not for this one, its image as an illustration of the text is misleading. Will anyone be very chagrined if I remove it?--Wetman (talk) 20:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Not me, I don't mind. DVD 23:08, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Exposition/Exhibition
"Exhibition" is a more accurate rendering into English of French "Exposition" than "Exposition" - it's a bit of a faux ami. If in doubt, see Harraps, p. E : 42 or Collins Robert p. 362. With the precedent that this is also the way the Met has gone, I propose to move this article to International Exhibition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts. Hopefully no objections? Cheers, Awien (talk) 23:35, 29 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. Awien (talk) 19:29, 30 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm still not comfortable with calling this event an Exhibit rather than an Exhibition.  The articles on the Expositions of 1900 and 1937 are called Expositions, why not 1925?  They were on a comparable scale and organized in the same way.  The Bureau of International Expositions uses the term in English.   Calling it an "Exhibition" makes it sound like an exhibit in a museum.  and makes it seem smaller than it really was;  it attracted millions of people.  I think this is worth further discussion. Cordially,  SiefkinDR (talk) 08:25, 22 September 2016 (UTC)


 * In the article from the Met cited, the author refers to it both as the International Exhibition in his first formal translation, but in the article as the "1925 Exposition".  Exposition is the term most commonly used now for World's Fairs and other events of this kind.SiefkinDR (talk) 08:34, 22 September 2016 (UTC)