McDaniel, Craig2020-12-232020-12-232019McDaniel, C. (2019). Rethinking Paris Street, Rainy Day: Accordion Space. The Midwest Quarterly, 60(2), 160.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/24741This article talks about the artwork of Gustave Caillebottes Paris Street, Rainy Day. If you know Gustave Caillebottes Paris Street, Rainy Day, you'll recall one factor contributing to its stop-you-in-your-tracks effect is size. Seven feet tall and nine feet wide, the canvas appears monumental--as an oil painting--and perfectly life-size as an urban vista. The scale embraces any viewer, ushering them into its spell. The present essay argues that Paris Street, Rainy Day, completed in 1877, coincides with a decisive tipping point in cultural history.enPublisher PolicyGustave CaillebotteParis Street, Rainy Daycultural historyArticle