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Palaces of Pleasure

Author : Lee Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030022463X
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Palaces of Pleasure written by Lee Jackson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created 'palaces of pleasure'. In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and secular improvers to curb 'immorality' in the pub, variety theater and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success. The Victorians' unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the modern entertainment industry.

Palaces of Pleasure

Author : Lee Jackson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300245092
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Palaces of Pleasure written by Lee Jackson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement. Contrary to their reputation as dour, buttoned-up prudes, the Victorians reveled in these newly created ‘palaces of pleasure’. In this vivid, captivating book, Lee Jackson charts the rise of well-known institutions such as gin palaces, music halls, seaside resorts and football clubs, as well as the more peculiar attractions of the pleasure garden and international exposition, ranging from parachuting monkeys and human zoos to theme park thrill rides. He explores how vibrant mass entertainment came to dominate leisure time and how the attempts of religious groups and secular improvers to curb ‘immorality’ in the pub, variety theater and dance hall faltered in the face of commercial success. The Victorians’ unbounded love of leisure created a nationally significant and influential economic force: the modern entertainment industry.

Pleasures and Palaces

Author : Frances Lester Warner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Pleasures and Palaces written by Frances Lester Warner and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Palace of Pleasure, Beautified, Adorned, and Well Furnished with Pleasant Histories and Excellent Novels

Author : Joseph Haslewood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Palace of Pleasure, Beautified, Adorned, and Well Furnished with Pleasant Histories and Excellent Novels written by Joseph Haslewood and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pleasure Palaces

Author : Vincent Katz
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 9781576873670
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Pleasure Palaces written by Vincent Katz and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artist Hunt Slonem creates his magical paintings and sculptures of flora, fauna, saints, and other subjects with inspiration that he draws not only from his sense of spirituality, but also from his environment in a "self-created world" filled with myriad exotic forms, vivid colors, and mystical essences. While the public can imagine an artist at work or at home, rarely does an aficionado or a reader gain access to an artist's lair. That will change with the publication of Pleasure Palaces: The Art and Homes of Hunt Slonem, by Vincent Katz. Here, the reader is invited into not only the artist's studios (past and present) but also his homes in New York and Louisiana. From Slonem's first downtown studio in New York City "where it all began" in 1975 (shown on the book's cover) to his Victorian mansion on the Hudson River in Kingston, New York, as well as his two Louisiana plantations-one on the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, about two hours' drive northwest of New Orleans, and the other in a remote location one hour north of Baton Rouge-the reader will get a unique perspective on how this Neo-Expressionist artist's environments are brought to life by his collections of antique neo-Gothic furniture, Blenko glass, and period frames, not to mention his astonishing collection of tropical birds, which are both his muses and his passion. Multi-talented poet/author/curator/documentarian/editor Vincent Katz, who has written about Slonem numerous times and has previously contributed poetry to Slonem's publications Hunt's Place and Exotica, has written an essay for Pleasure Palaces that not only provides a critical analysis of the artist's work, but also explores his spiritual life and how it influences his art and the extraordinary homes that are his havens. Katz's essay and an interview with the artist bookend lavishly illustrated color sections, with views of Slonem's estates (Albania Plantation, Lakeside Plantation, Cordt's Mansion) and New York City studios (including the private aviary in his West 10th Street studio) interspersed with his oil and watercolor paintings of flora and fauna. At the book's conclusion, an up-to-date chronology of Slonem's solo and group exhibitions (including forthcoming 2007 shows), a bibliography, a list of awards received, and a list of public collections that include his works complete this comprehensive document of Slonem's body of work.

The Pleasure Palace

Author : Joan Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780330306331
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure Palace written by Joan Lee and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The World of Pleasure

Author : Flavio Conti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The World of Pleasure written by Flavio Conti and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great structures and residences created for pleasure include the Spanish Steps, Maharanah's Palace of Udaipur, Petrodvorets, Palace of Sanssouci, Chateau of Azay-le-Rideau, Hampton Court Palace, Mirabell Palace, and Casino at Deauville.

The Palace of Pleasure

Author : William Painter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book The Palace of Pleasure written by William Painter and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The first (second) tome of the palace of pleasure, ed. by J. Haslewood

Author : William Painter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The first (second) tome of the palace of pleasure, ed. by J. Haslewood written by William Painter and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Arena

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Arena written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Palaces of the Ancient New World

Author : Susan Toby Evans
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palaces of the Ancient New World written by Susan Toby Evans and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most sumptuous buildings of antiquity were royal palaces. As in the Old World, kings and nobles of ancient Mexico and Peru had luxurious administrative quarters in cities, and exquisite pleasure palaces in the countryside. This volume explores the great houses of the ancient New World, from palaces of the Aztecs and Incas, looted by the Spanish conquistadors, to those lost high in the Andes and deep in the jungle. This volume, the first scholarly compendium of elite residences of the high cultures of the New World, presents definitive descriptions and interpretations by leading scholars in the field. Authoritative yet accessible, this extensively illustrated book will serve as an important resource for anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians of art, architecture, and related disciplines.

Roman Passions

Author : Ray Laurence
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441182071
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Roman Passions written by Ray Laurence and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what may be the most in-depth study yet published of a film star's body of work, Susan Hayward charts the career of Simone Signoret, one of the great Frech actresses of the 20th Century.Signoret- who won an Oscar in 1960 for her performance in Room at the Top- was a key figure in French cinema for 40 years. But it is not so much her longevity that impresses, as it is the quality of work she produced as her career progressed. She started out as a stunningly beautiful woman, winning major international awards five times for her roles, and yet was only moderately in demand during those years. From the 1960s onwards, when her looks began to decline significantly, Signoret was in greater demand, and produced most of her output. She insisted on playing roles consonant with her real age, and often chose to play roles that portrayed wher as even more ugly than she had become.Simore Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign is a remarkable achievement, a labor of love from one of the world's leading scholars of French cinema.

Kant: Political Writings

Author : Immanuel Kant
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521398374
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book Kant: Political Writings written by Immanuel Kant and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-25 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes two important texts illustrating Kants's view of history along with notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Palaces and Power in the Americas

Author : Jessica Joyce Christie
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292782616
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Palaces and Power in the Americas written by Jessica Joyce Christie and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient American palaces still captivate those who stand before them. Even in their fallen and ruined condition, the palaces project such power that, according to the editors of this new collection, it must have been deliberately drawn into their formal designs, spatial layouts, and choice of locations. Such messages separated palaces from other elite architecture and reinforced the power and privilege of those residing in them. Indeed, as Christie and Sarro write, "the relation between political power and architecture is a pervasive and intriguing theme in the Americas." Given the variety of cultures, time periods, and geographical locations examined within, the editors of this book have grouped the articles into four sections. The first looks at palaces in cultures where they have not previously been identified, including the Huaca of Moche Site, the Wari of Peru, and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. Southwest. The second section discusses palaces as "stage sets" that express power, such as those found among the Maya, among the Coast Salish of the Pacific Northwest, and at El Tajín on the Mexican Gulf Coast. The third part of the volume presents cases in which differences in elite residences imply differences in social status, with examples from Pasado de la Amada, the Valley of Oaxaca, Teotihuacan, and the Aztecs. The final section compares architectural strategies between cultures; the models here are Farfán, Peru, under both the Chimú and the Inka, and the separate states of the Maya and the Inka. Such scope, and the quality of the scholarship, make Palaces and Power in the Americas a must-have work on the subject.

The Palace of Pleasure

Author : William Painter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palace of Pleasure written by William Painter and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shopping for Pleasure

Author : Erika Rappaport
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400843537
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Shopping for Pleasure written by Erika Rappaport and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Shopping for Pleasure, Erika Rappaport reconstructs London's Victorian and Edwardian West End as an entertainment and retail center. In this neighborhood of stately homes, royal palaces, and spacious parks and squares, a dramatic transformation unfolded that ultimately changed the meaning of femininity and the lives of women, shaping their experience of modernity. Rappaport illuminates the various forces of the period that encouraged and discouraged women's enjoyment of public life and particularly shows how shopping came to be seen as the quintessential leisure activity for middle- and upper-class women. Through extensive histories of department stores, women's magazines, clubs, teashops, restaurants, and the theater as interwoven sites of consumption, Shopping for Pleasure uncovers how a new female urban culture emerged before and after the turn of the twentieth century. Moving beyond the question of whether shopping promoted or limited women's freedom, the author draws on diverse sources to explore how business practices, legal decisions, and cultural changes affected women in the market. In particular, she focuses on how and why stores presented themselves as pleasurable, secure places for the urban woman, in some cases defining themselves as instrumental to civic improvement and women's emancipation. Rappaport also considers such influences as merchandizing strategies, credit policies, changes in public transportation, feminism, and the financial balance of power within the home. Shopping for Pleasure is thus both a social and cultural history of the West End, but on a broader scale it reveals the essential interplay between the rise of consumer society, the birth of modern femininity, and the making of contemporary London.

Forts & Palaces of India

Author : Bindu Manchanda
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9788174363817
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book Forts & Palaces of India written by Bindu Manchanda and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the romance of India's forts and palaces - their past glory, wars and warriors, and unparalleled architecture. The book brings alive the magic of those monuments with a rare combination of prose and inimitable photographs. Master builders, dynasties, armories, underground stepwells, concrete labyrinths - they all come to life in the pages of this masterful tome.