Masterpieces from Paris

Masterpieces from Paris
Author: Guy Cogeval
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Impressionism (Art)
ISBN: 9780642334169
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Art Hiding in Paris

Art Hiding in Paris
Author: Lori Zimmer
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2022-11-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 076248067X
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Explore masterpieces hidden in plain sight, historic artist enclaves, and iconic works of public art in this charmingly illustrated exploration of Paris, from the authors of Art Hiding In New York. Paris is the city of light, the city of love, and the city of more art than you could possibly explore in a lifetime—and not just in museums. Tucked away in tree-lined parks, preserved in world class restaurants, emblazoned on Metro station walls, and hidden in the most unexpected places are masterpieces worthy of the Louvre, if you know where to look! In this whimsically illustrated celebration of Parisian art and artists, author and curator Lori Zimmer highlights more than 100 treasures. From the gorgeous remnants of the Art Nouveau era to the homes of some of the world's most influential artists—including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and more—to an introduction to the modern masters of urban art, there are endless riches to be explored. Discover art that was hidden for decades inside cafes, shops and even a Belle Époque brothel! Paris will surprise you. Illustrated by artist Maria Krasinski, this book provides curated itineraries for dreaming up your next urban exploration, and is perfect for displaying on any art lover's shelf.

Masterpieces from Paris

Masterpieces from Paris
Author: Musée d'Orsay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2009
Genre: Impressionism (Art)
ISBN:
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Panorama of Paris

Panorama of Paris
Author: Jeremy Popkin
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780271043036
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Panorama of Paris offers English-language readers an introduction to one of the forgotten masterpieces of French literature, Louis-Sébastien Mercier's twelve-volume Le Tableau de Paris (published from 1781 to 1788), an important and original work that helped shape many kinds of French writing. Colorfully written, the text provides a fascinating portrait of everyday life in Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, describing the interactions of workers, street peddlers, prostitutes, police spies, actresses, noblemen, parish priests, servants, and criminals. Based on Helen Simpson's lively 1933 abridged translation, this edition includes seven newly translated chapters and an introduction by Jeremy D. Popkin. Earlier authors had described Paris's monuments and the lives of its wealthy elites, but Mercier was the first to try to capture in words the texture of its everyday life. His text, contemporary with Rousseau's Confessions, is the first attempt to write the autobiography of a unique urban community. His writing deeply influenced Balzac and other nineteenth-century French novelists and continues to serve as a major source of social and cultural history for French historians. Panorama of Paris will fascinate all lovers of Paris and its history. It should be of special interest to students of French literature and history, and to anyone interested in the origins of modern attitudes toward city life.

Oil and Marble

Oil and Marble
Author: Stephanie Storey
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1628726393
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"From 1501 to 1505, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti both lived and worked in Florence. Leonardo was a charming, handsome fifty year-old at the peak of his career. Michelangelo was a temperamental sculptor in his mid-twenties, desperate to make a name for himself. The two despise each other."--Front jacket flap.

Paris and Elsewhere

Paris and Elsewhere
Author: Richard Cobb
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2004-03-31
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1590170822
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Perhaps no one loves France as much as the English--at least some of the English--and Richard Cobb, the incomparable Oxford historian of the French Revolution, was a passionate admirer of the country, a connoisseur of the low dive and the flophouse, as well as a longtime familiar of the quays of Paris and the docks of Le Havre and Marseille. Collecting memoirs, portraits of favorite haunts, appreciations of Simenon and Queneau, Rene Clair and Brassai, and including the famous polemic "The Assassination of Paris," Paris and Elsewhere shows us a France unglimpsed by tourists.

Made In France: French Architectural Masterpieces

Made In France: French Architectural Masterpieces
Author: A.J. Kingston
Publisher: A.J. Kingston
Total Pages: 254
Release: 101-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 183938509X
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