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Delicious Decadence ?The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century

Author : Monica Preti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351569929
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Delicious Decadence ?The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century written by Monica Preti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such, scholars will welcome this collection of essays by internationally recognised experts that gathers together for the first time varied and stimulating perspectives on the nineteenth-century collector and art market for French eighteenth-century art, and ultimately the formation of collections that form part of such august institutions as the Louvre and the National Gallery in London. The book is the culmination of a successful conference organised jointly between the Wallace Collection and the Louvre, on the occasion of the acclaimed exhibition Masterpieces from the Louvre: The Collection of Louis La Caze. Exploring themes relating to collectors, critics, markets and museums from France, England and Germany, the volume will appeal to academics and students alike, and become essential reading on any course that deals with the history of collecting, the history of taste and the nineteenth-century craze for the perceived douceur de vivre of eighteenth-century France. It also provides valuable insight into the history of the art markets and the formation of museums.

Delicious Decadence – The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century

Author : Dr Christoph Vogtherr
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472449215
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Delicious Decadence – The Rediscovery of French Eighteenth-Century Painting in the Nineteenth Century written by Dr Christoph Vogtherr and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such scholars will welcome this collection of essays by internationally recognized experts that gathers together for the first time varied and stimulating perspectives on the nineteenth-century collector and art market for French eighteenth-century art, and ultimately the formation of collections that form part of such august institutions as the Louvre and the National Gallery.

WineSpeak

Author : Bernard Klem
Publisher : Board and Bench Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0980064805
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book WineSpeak written by Bernard Klem and published by Board and Bench Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you read wine reviews, you're already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what they're smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed what's so colorfully described as a peacock's tail? Have you ever savored a full-bodied red only to detect the ripe acrid smell of a horse stall? If not, you're in for a treat, because these terms and thousands more are all here to amuse, dismay, enlighten, inspire, puzzle, and utterly shock you . Welcome to the rich linguistic universe of wine speak: a world where words and wine intersect in an uncontrolled riot of language guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours. The author, a lifelong lover of both wine and words, has compiled and organized this unique thesaurus of 36,975 wine tasting descriptors into 20 special collections extracted from 27 categories so you can locate exactly the right term or phrase to express yourself clearly or to understand others. May your path across the galaxy of wine be paved only with labels from the very best bottles on earth. Or, much more cautiously, with wines that could introduce you to angel pee, citronella, eastern European fruit soup, Godzilla, iodine, ladies' underwear, mustard gas, old running shoes, rawhide, hot tar roads, bubblegum, sweaty saddles, crushed ants, kitchen drains, or even turpentine.

The Purchase of the Past

Author : Tom Stammers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108807224
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Purchase of the Past written by Tom Stammers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a broad and vivid survey of the culture of collecting from the French Revolution to the Belle Époque, The Purchase of the Past explores how material things became a central means of accessing and imagining the past in nineteenth-century France. By subverting the monarchical establishment, the French Revolution not only heralded the dawn of the museum age, it also threw an unprecedented quantity of artworks into commercial circulation, allowing private individuals to pose as custodians and saviours of the endangered cultural inheritance. Through their common itineraries, erudition and sociability, an early generation of scavengers established their own form of 'private patrimony', independent from state control. Over a century of Parisian history, Tom Stammers explores collectors' investments – not just financial but also emotional and imaginative – in historical artefacts, as well as their uncomfortable relationship with public institutions. In so doing, he argues that private collections were a critical site for salvaging and interpreting the past in a post-revolutionary society, accelerating but also complicating the development of a shared national heritage.

Discomfort Food

Author : Marni Reva Kessler
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452962758
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Discomfort Food written by Marni Reva Kessler and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intricate and provocative journey through nineteenth-century depictions of food and the often uncomfortable feelings they evoke At a time when chefs are celebrities and beautifully illustrated cookbooks, blogs, and Instagram posts make our mouths water, scholar Marni Reva Kessler trains her inquisitive eye on the depictions of food in nineteenth-century French art. Arguing that disjointed senses of anxiety, nostalgia, and melancholy underlie the superficial abundance in works by Manet, Degas, and others, Kessler shows how, in their images, food presented a spectrum of pleasure and unease associated with modern life. Utilizing close analysis and deep archival research, Kessler discovers the complex narratives behind such beloved works as Manet’s Fish (Still Life) and Antoine Vollon’s Internet-famous Mound of Butter. Kessler brings to these works an expansive historical review, creating interpretations rich in nuance and theoretical implications. She also transforms the traditional paradigm for study of images of edible subjects, showing that simple categorization as still life is not sufficient. Discomfort Food marks an important contribution to conversations about a fundamental theme that unites us as humans: food. Suggestive and accessible, it reveals the very personal, often uncomfortable feelings hiding within the relationship between ourselves and the representations of what we eat.

Fat Witch Brownies

Author : Patricia Helding
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1605291137
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Fat Witch Brownies written by Patricia Helding and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last, the owner of New York City's legendary Fat Witch Bakery shares her top-secret recipes for decadent and delicious brownies, blondies, and bars Patricia Helding's rich, intensely chocolatey Fat Witch brownie is a New York obsession, an internet sensation, and arguably the very best brownie to be found on the planet. Unlike other bakeries that feature a range of desserts, Fat Witch, launched by Helding in 1998, specializes only in brownies—baking and selling over 2,000 each day. In Fat Witch Brownies, Helding showcases for the first time her favorite spins on the classic chocolate brownie with creations like the Banana Bread Brownie and the Breakfast Brownie, and she expands her repertoire even further with recipes for other scrumptious bar-shaped confections. With over 50 recipes that can be baked in the same 9 x 9-inch pan and require fewer than 10 ingredients, Helding shows that baking from scratch is neither expensive nor time-consuming. All of her recipes include ingredients from local grocery stores, and are ready to serve in one hour or less. Beginning with tips on the proper tools, timing, and techniques, continuing with five chapters of recipes, and finishing with fabulous frostings, Fat Witch Brownies allows you to explore the versatility and richness of brownies and bars and create the incredible desserts in your very own kitchen that have made Helding's bakery famous.

The House of Fragile Things

Author : James McAuley
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300252544
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The House of Fragile Things written by James McAuley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews—pillars of an embattled community—invested their fortunes in France’s cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country’s army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps. In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material culture played in the assimilation and identity of French Jews in the fin-de-siècle. Weaving together narratives of various figures, some familiar from the works of Marcel Proust and the diaries of Jules and Edmond Goncourt—the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis, the Cahens d'Anvers—McAuley shows how Jewish art collectors contended with a powerful strain of anti-Semitism: they were often accused of “invading” France’s cultural patrimony. The collections these families left behind—many ultimately donated to the French state—were their response, tragic attempts to celebrate a nation that later betrayed them.

Prince Rescue Me's Ride to Ruin

Author : Lynne Tapper
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1780885334
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Prince Rescue Me's Ride to Ruin written by Lynne Tapper and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It Is What It Is…Someone once said, ‘All the world’s a stage’, and never was a truer word spoken than in the squiffy Kingdom of It Is What It Is, where happily-ever-after has become nothing more than a fictional tale. Looking for love in all the wrong places, the fairy tale has turned into a nightmare for a charmless prince, named Rescue Me, who seeks ‘happily-ever-after’ within his crummy cracker addiction. As he battles his crummy cravings the law of addled attraction ensures that he encounters other desperados dealing with their own addictions- from the sublime to the ridiculous. Join us for a riotous ride you’re not likely to forget and laugh with us as we observe that in the Kingdom of It Is What It Is, people have definitely lost the plot!

Historic Restaurants of Billings

Author : Stella Fong
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625855451
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Historic Restaurants of Billings written by Stella Fong and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billings exploded when the railroad arrived, and good food was here to stay. Montana Avenue anchored the first establishments serving oysters, chop suey and steaks. Modern comfort arrived with the Northern Hotel and never left. Locals sipped, savored and swung at the Skyline, Bella Vista, Elmo and Windmill Supper Clubs from the 1930s to the 1960s. Entrepreneurs debuted the Level 3 Tea Room, La Toque, Bruno's and New Moon Cafe. Beef still reigns at the Rex, Jake's and Bistecca at the Granary. Writer Stella Fong testifies why names like Yegen, McCormick, Schaer and Honaker have persisted throughout Billings' culinary history.

Odessa Beach

Author : Bob Leuci
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504032314
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Odessa Beach written by Bob Leuci and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing the KGB, a Russian conman decamps for New York City to build a new empire of crime Nikolai “Niki” Zorakoff has made a killing on the Soviet black market. He smuggles in luxury goods from the West—the blue jeans and perfumes that wealthy Muscovites simply can’t do without—and sells them for small fortunes. But when the KGB takes an interest in Niki’s operation, he knows he must run or die. And so, with a forged passport and as much money as he can carry, Niki heads to the Russian haven of Odessa Beach, where a man without a conscience can live like a god. It isn’t long before Niki makes contact with the mobsters of South Brooklyn, who loan him the capital to start a restaurant that becomes one of the area’s hottest nightspots. But when the time comes to pay, Niki decides he would rather not settle up, starting a gang war that will pit two generations of mobsters against each other in a fight to the death.

A Pitying of Doves

Author : Steve Burrows
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780748981
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book A Pitying of Doves written by Steve Burrows and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in Steve Burrows’ series of Birder Murders With murder, everyone pays a price ... Why would a killer ignore expensive jewellery and take a pair of turtledoves as the only bounty? This is only one of the questions that piques Chief Inspector Domenic Jejeune’s interest after a senior attaché with the Mexican Consulate is found murdered alongside the director of a local bird sanctuary. The fact that the director’s death has opened up a full-time research position studying birds hasn’t eluded Jejeune either. Could this be the escape from policing that the celebrated detective has been seeking? Even if it is, Jejeune knows he owes it to the victims to solve the case first. But a trail that weaves from embittered aviary owners to suspicious bird sculptors only seems to be leading him farther from the truth. Meanwhile, Jejeune is discovering that diplomatic co-operation and diplomatic pressure go hand in hand. With two careers hanging in the balance, the stakes have never been higher for Inspector Jejeune. And this time, even bringing a killer to justice may not provide the closure he’s looking for.

Havana Salsa

Author : Viviana Carballo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743285166
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Havana Salsa written by Viviana Carballo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of autobiographical vignettes by the respected food writer profiles the pre-Castro Havana of her youth, remembers her large and often eccentric family, and shares a series of recipes that she associates with particular family members, from Calabaza fritters and oxtail stew to concellita and rice with chorizo. 35,000 first printing.

Birder Murder Mysteries 2-Book Bundle

Author : Steve Burrows
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459733843
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Birder Murder Mysteries 2-Book Bundle written by Steve Burrows and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-05-16 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special 2-book bundle collects the first two titles in the acclaimed, award-nominated Birder Murder Mysteries. Includes: A Siege of Bitterns Inspector Domenic Jejeune’s success has made him a poster boy for the U.K. police service. The problem is Jejeune doesn’t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh in the heart of Britain’s premier birding country, Jejeune’s worlds collide when he investigates the grisly murder of a prominent ecological activist. To unravel this mystery, Jejeune must deal with unwelcome public acclaim, the mistrust of colleagues, and his own insecurities. In the case of the Saltmarsh birder murders, the victims may not be the only casualties. A Pitying of Doves (New!) In Book 2, we ask why a killer would ignore expensive jewellery and take a pair of turtledoves as the only bounty. This is only one of the questions that piques Jejeune’s interest after a senior attaché with the Mexican Consulate is found murdered alongside the director of a local bird sanctuary. The fact that the director’s death has opened up a full-time research position studying birds hasn’t eluded Jejeune either. Could this be the escape from policing that the celebrated detective has been seeking?

Birder Murder Mysteries 3-Book Bundle

Author : Steve Burrows
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459736605
Total Pages : 1151 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Birder Murder Mysteries 3-Book Bundle written by Steve Burrows and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-05-21 with total page 1151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special 3-book bundle collects the first three books in the acclaimed, award-winning Birder Murder Mystery series. Includes: A Siege of Bitterns Inspector Domenic Jejeune’s success has made him a poster boy for the U.K. police service. The problem is Jejeune doesn’t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh in the heart of Britain’s premier birding country, Jejeune’s worlds collide when he investigates the grisly murder of a prominent ecological activist. To unravel this mystery, Jejeune must deal with unwelcome public acclaim, the mistrust of colleagues, and his own insecurities. In the case of the Saltmarsh birder murders, the victims may not be the only casualties. A Pitying of Doves Why would a killer ignore expensive jewellery and take a pair of turtledoves as the only bounty. This is only one of the questions that piques Jejeune’s interest after a senior attaché with the Mexican Consulate is found murdered alongside the director of a local bird sanctuary. The fact that the director’s death has opened up a full-time research position studying birds hasn’t eluded Jejeune either. Could this be the escape from policing that the celebrated detective has been seeking? A Cast of Falcons A man falling to his death from a remote cliff sets off a high-stakes chase for Inspector Domenic Jejeune, who must protect his fugitive brother and pursue a maddening foe, while any misstep could bring down wrath from above on Jejeune, his family, and the entire police force.

Birder Murder Mysteries 4-Book Bundle

Author : Steve Burrows
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459739787
Total Pages : 1518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Birder Murder Mysteries 4-Book Bundle written by Steve Burrows and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 1518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special collection of the first four books in the acclaimed, award-winning Birder Murder Mystery series. Includes: A Siege of Bitterns Inspector Domenic Jejeune’s success has made him a poster boy for the U.K. police service. The problem is Jejeune doesn’t really want to be a detective at all; he much prefers watching birds. Recently reassigned to the small Norfolk town of Saltmarsh in the heart of Britain’s premier birding country, Jejeune’s worlds collide when he investigates the grisly murder of a prominent ecological activist. To unravel this mystery, Jejeune must deal with unwelcome public acclaim, the mistrust of colleagues, and his own insecurities. In the case of the Saltmarsh birder murders, the victims may not be the only casualties. A Pitying of Doves Why would a killer ignore expensive jewellery and take a pair of turtledoves as the only bounty. This is only one of the questions that piques Jejeune’s interest after a senior attaché with the Mexican Consulate is found murdered alongside the director of a local bird sanctuary. The fact that the director’s death has opened up a full-time research position studying birds hasn’t eluded Jejeune either. Could this be the escape from policing that the celebrated detective has been seeking? A Cast of Falcons A man falling to his death from a remote cliff sets off a high-stakes chase for Inspector Domenic Jejeune, who must protect his fugitive brother and pursue a maddening foe, while any misstep could bring down wrath from above on Jejeune, his family, and the entire police force. A Shimmer of Hummingbirds The desperate departure of his fugitive brother has left Chief Inspector Jejeune rattled, and those around him nursing lingering suspicions. When evidence surfaces that may prove his brother’s innocence, Jejeune decides to take a leave of absence to pursue it. But his replacement looks as if he may want the position to be more than temporary.

For the Fireworks

Author : Rebecca Fairfax
Publisher : Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN 13 : 1913186768
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book For the Fireworks written by Rebecca Fairfax and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wanted—one tall, dark and handsome gentleman for the fireworks. Xander Whyte, owner of a superior dating service that provides assets, not escorts, gets a last-minute and almost unintelligible demand for a gentleman for an entire Bonfire Night holiday weekend. Meeting the very specific request with zero notice seems impossible, but one look at Ella Stephens' photo has Xander determined to take the assignment himself and help out the gorgeous—and tipsy—redheaded damsel in distress. Meeting Ella in person, Xander's fascinated by the bundle of contradictions that make up the beautiful London lawyer, not least the way she tries to resist her attraction to him. But can he get her to see him as anything other than a handsome hunk she's hired, and before the clock ticks down on the weekend? &‘Remember, remember the fifth of November'—Xander and Ella's Guy Fawkes' holiday passion lights up the sky! Reader advisory: This book contains references to a death from cancer, a scene of mild violence, spanking, references to anal sex and references to an implied abusive relationship.

First Comes Love

Author : Kay Lyons
Publisher : Kindred Spirits Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1953375081
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book First Comes Love written by Kay Lyons and published by Kindred Spirits Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the stories that started each series. FIRST COMES LOVE is a compilation of the first in series books for each of Kay Lyons’ series to date, all together for easy download and reading. In the mood for a cowboy romance? Try HEALING HER COWBOY. Or how about a hunky hospital exec from Tennessee who saves a stranded, pregnant motorist in SMALL TOWN SCANDAL? Ready for a trip to the beach with THE LAST GOODBYE? Read the first in all SIX series! Heartwarming writing, various settings to explore, and characters to love, escape into the romance of FIRST COMES LOVE.