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Stella Alain: Jacques Garcia: Twenty Years of Passion: Chateau du Champ de Bataille

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Famous not only for his passion for antiquities but also for his much-lauded and internationally famous interior design work, Jacques Garcia purchased the imposing Chateau du Champ de Bataille twenty years ago in a state of virtual ruin and lovingly restored it to its former splendor. The chateau is now a treasure house of seventeenth and eighteenth century architecture, furniture, and garden…

Stoeltie Barbara: London Interiors

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: From Sloane Square to Notting Hill and from Spitalfields to Piccadilly, discover the most original and exceptional homes that London has to offer. Barbara and Rene Stoeltie take readers on a diverse and personalized journey through London in this selection of the most elegant, quirky, bold, and original residences of the capital city. Take a tour through the homes of the interior design elite,…

Pivot Bernard: French Wine: An Illustrated Miscellany

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This handsome volume pays homage to the humble grape's revered nectar. This truly exceptional miscellany of anecdotes, facts, quotable quotes, and interesting stories celebrates wine in all its guises: from the origin of the toast (to prevent being poisoned at a dinner, it was customary for guests to tip part of their drink into their companion's glass) to the exact number of references to wine…

Le père Castor raconte ses histoires pour rire

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: 18 histoires qui mettent en scène des animaux et des enfants dans des histoires pleines d'humour pour sourire ou rire aux éclats avec les petits. Le Monstre de la jungle Hip hip hip, sorcière! Petit Âne veut être un loup Pas bêtes, les poulettes! Pira, le rat pirate Sauve qui peut! Loup ne sait pas compter Le Petit carnet d'Archibald Gare à Edgar! Le Monstre que…

Les Perses

Скачать книгу (размер 1 289 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 254) Аннотация: Devant le palais du roi de Perse, le Conseil et la vieille Reine sont gagnés par l'inquiétude: qu'est-il advenu de Xerxès et de son armée, partis soumettre la Grèce en franchissant audacieusement l'Hellespont? Mais voici un messager, qui s'en vient annoncer l'issue des combats... Avec Les Perses, Eschyle compose une tragédie unique et paradoxale: en prise sur…

Barbusse Henri: Le feu

Скачать книгу (размер 2 656 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 522) Аннотация: Pour les hommes du 231e régiment d'infanterie, les différences d'âge et de condition sociale n'importent plus. Tous sont venus s'enterrer dans les tranchées boueuses de Crouy, sous la pluie et le feu de la mitraille allemande. Leur seule certitude face aux armées ennemies: «I'faut t'nir». Barbusse fut l'un des leurs. Tiré de ses carnets de guerre, ce roman, prix…

Tourgueniev Ivan: Premier amour

Скачать книгу (размер 580 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 115) Аннотация: Au début de l'été 1833, à peine âgé de seize ans, Vladimir rencontre l'amour pour la première fois dans la maison de campagne où il passe ses vacances. Mais la belle jeune fille qui l'a ébloui, plus âgée que lui, forte et indépendante, va bientôt le réduire au désespoir... En racontant la passion malheureuse du novice…

Hazan Eric: Paris Magnum

Скачать книгу (размер 1 508 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 297) Аннотация: This homage to Paris by the great Magnum photographers reveals a multifaceted portrait of the city's effervescent character in 350 photographs. By documenting the everyday workings of the city, Magnum's photographers capture the essence of Parisian life. Their photographs show the city as it lives and breathes — from fashion shows to underground jazz clubs, from the bustling metro to outdoor…

Christiane De Nicolay-Mazery: Private Houses of France: Living with History

Скачать книгу (размер 1 493 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 294) Аннотация: A dozen aristocratic French families invite readers to experience their elegant lifestyle, from the royal stag hunting tradition of Louis XI and Louis XIII at the Chateau de Champchevrier to Hubert de Givenchys elegant Parisian townhouse imbued with grandeur and comfort in the style of Napolean III. The featured houses, illustrated with specially commissioned photography, represent key periods of…

Sebain Alain: Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars, Artists

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: In 1960, Fellini invented the now infamous paparazzi character in La Dolce Vita. The professions image has since alternated between that of a parasite and an indispensible marketing tool in the lucrative business of celebrity branding that has become a mainstay of popular culture. The most scandalous and memorable photographs of the stars that feed the media machine from Jackie O to Britney…

Cojean Annick: Marc Riboud: 60 Years of Photography

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: The official monograph of Marc Riboud's photography, created in collaboration witht he photographer, has been augmented with twenty-five additional images. Marc Riboud traveled the world recording the harmony of landscapes and the beauty in faces from Angkor to Istanbul, India to Bangladesh, and New York to China. From a painter poised like a dancer on the metal girders of the Eiffel Tower to a…

Dolphin Erika: Gustave Dore (1832-1883): Master of Imagination

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The diverse oeuvre of Gustave Dore — illustrations, paintings, sculpture — combines with biography and critical essays and attests to the artist's enduring impact on contemporary culture. Proclaimed the most illustrious of illustrators, Gustave Dore is best known for his engravings, which appeared in editions of the Bible, Dante's Inferno, Poe's The Raven, The Adventures of Don Quixote, and even…

Brassai Gilberte: Brassai: Paris

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This striking monograph celebrates the beauty of Paris, Brassai's muse throughout his career. Hungarian-born photographer Brassai dedicated more than fifty years of his artistic creation to capturing his adoptive city in all its facets. From winsome children playing in the public gardens to an amorous couple on an amusement park attraction, from opera and ballet stars to prostitutes and vagrants,…

Laure Humeau-Sermage: Cinq nouvelles sur la cruaute ordinaire

Скачать книгу (размер 636 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 126) Аннотация: Un retraité décroche son fusil lorsqu'il entend un intrus. Un rebelle surveille une plage, prêt à tirer «sur tout ce qui bouge». Un dandy impose à son majordome ses dangereux caprices. Un jeune de banlieue assiste sans broncher à un acte de torture. Deux adolescentes se lancent dans une «ronde» aussi violente que tragique... Les personnages de ces récits…

Doisneau Robert: The Best of Doisneau: Paris

Скачать книгу (размер 983 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 194) Аннотация: The legendary photographer's quintessential portraits of Paris — including several previously unpublished works — in an affordable new paperback. Robert Doisneau's ability to infuse images of daily life with poetic nuance has given enduring popular appeal to his work. In this new volume, he leads us on an entrancing tour into Parisian gardens, along the Seine, and through crowds of Parisians.…

Synave Catherine: A Home in Paris: Interiors, Inspiration

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: The notion of Parisian charm is ubiquitous, and the magic of the city's interior design is the gold standard. The quintessential Parisian home typically characterized as a top floor apartment in a Haussmannian building is inimitably chic with the most tasteful of details. And yet Guillaume de Laubier takes us behind closed doors inside the homes of the most respected designers and artists in the…

Dominique de Font-Reaulx: Painting and Photography: 1839-1914

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: This pioneering study offers detailed analysis of the impact of photographys birth on the classical art form of painting. Photography divided opinion in its early years; some saw it as an invaluable tool in the enhancement of artistic reproductions, while many believed it to be too mechanical to be associated with the grand concept of Art. Covering portraiture, landscapes, nudes, tableaux…

Thuillier Jacques: Georges De La Tour

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Georges de La Tour ranks with Vermeer and the Le Nain brothers among those seventeenth-century painters whose unmistakable talent is matched only by the aura of mystery that surrounds the artists themselves. Jacques Thuillier's groundbreaking monograph, first published in 1993, places La Tour's oeuvre in the specific context of the Lorraine region where he lived and worked, but also repositions…

Zazzo Anne: Paris Haute Couture

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A comprehensive history of high fashion in Paris from Madame Gres and Balenciaga to Yves Saint Laurent and Yohji Yamamoto, spanning all aspects from clothing and accessories to perfume. Ever since Charles Frederick Worth dressed the Empress Eugenie in the 1860s, launching a «golden century» for dressmaking, Parisian haute couture has been a source of endless admiration and fascination. Its…

Gaulme Dominique: Power and Style: A World History of Politics and Dress

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: From the invention of clothing to modern menswear, fashion has been used to embody power in monarchies, military regimes, dictatorships, and the birth of democracy. From the advent of the first civilizations along the Euphrates, Indus, and Nile rivers, clothing has not only offered protection from the elements, but it has also served as an expression of political power and its allocation…