Following the meticulous restoration which has restored all its splendor to the grand foyer, this volume has been published, offering an interior tour of the famous Paris Opera. The place is magical. Beyond the theatrical, shimmering facade, the spectator or the simple visitor is invited to follow an initiatory path, strewn with materials from elsewhere, punctuated by vertiginous perspectives, invented obstacles and majestic crossings. Paintings, sculptures, polychrome statuary, gilding, marble and mosaics fascinate the eye as so many harbingers of the lyrical spectacle. This interior decoration is itself a spectacle which is worth by its continuity, by its homogeneity, by its remarkable integration with the monument for which it was composed. Charles Garnier's Opera also asserts itself as a veritable museum of sculpture and painting of its time.