Ergebnis für "Madame" in Kunst

In the spring of 1790 two of the most gifted artists in Europe met in Rome and became fast friends, sharing their views on art, visiting the city’s ancient sites and making trips to the opera together. The Swiss history painter Angelica Kauffman and the French portraitist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun are no longer household names in the early twenty-first century but were much-fêted celebrities in the late eighteenth. Franny Moyle uses their meeting in the eternal city as the point of departure for a lavishly illustrated 'life and times’ biography of two brilliant but neglected women artists.

Dive into the intriguing world of Pierre Loti, a French naval officer whose unique experiences shaped his literary voice. In Madame Chrysantheme, Loti recounts his brief but profound marriage to a young Japanese woman during his time in Nagasaki, a tale that inspired the iconic Madame Butterfly. His writing, strikingly modern for its era, weaves together vivid, personal descriptions of Nagasaki’s summers with a detached yet insightful portrayal of its people. A sense of ennui and unconventional morality permeates the narrative, offering a captivating glimpse into a cross-cultural romance ...

In Edith Whartons captivating 1907 novella, we delve into the lives of Americans navigating love and longing in Paris. John Durham, a hopeful New Yorker, travels to the City of Light with the intention of rekindling his romance with Fanny Frisbee, now the esteemed Marquis de Malrive. Although Fanny yearns to escape her troubled marriage and return to America with John, the obstacles posed by her Catholic husband loom large. When John encounters the intriguing Madame de Treymes, Fannys sister-in-law, he sees a glimmer of hope that she might assist them in their pursuit of happiness. (...

An unsettling passage into strange tales of horror and creeping madness. When the Shadow Hour begins, only the bold dare step beyond the veil. Guard your candle well—should its flame falter, the darkness will close in, hungry to claim all that wander too far.

Blunt, irreverent, and at times wittily subversive, Opera Wars spotlights opera’s colorful and sometimes warring personalities, increasingly fierce controversies over content, and the battles being waged for its economic future. Drawing on interviews with dozens of opera insiders—as well as...

In this captivating memoir, Madame Vigee Lebrun takes us on a journey through her childhood and the early discovery of her artistic talent. She recounts the serendipitous moment that introduced her to the glamorous world of portraiture for the elite, her daring escape from France amid the chaos of the French Revolution, and her flourishing career as a sought-after portraitist for Europe’s royal families. Through her compelling narrative, Lebrun reveals how she navigated and challenged the biases of the art world that sought to confine women artists to limited roles and subjects. (James K...

Meet Madame Pepita, a talented dressmaker in the heart of Madrid, who juggles an inherited fortune and a closely guarded secret. As she navigates the world of potential suitors vying for her daughters hand, she finds herself increasingly suspicious of their true intentions. Little does she know, there are even greater concerns lurking just beneath the surface. This captivating play was adapted into a BBC film in 1952. - Summary by ToddHW

Madame Grès : qui se cache derrière la célèbre créatrice au turban, icône de la mode pendant plus d'un demi-siècle ? Mondialement reconnue pour ses drapés antiques, elle pare Marlène Dietrich, Barbra Streisand ou Silvana Mangano de robes somptueuses, et s'entoure d'artistes comme Jean Cocteau ou Tamara de Lempicka. Ses clientes et amies comptent parmi les femmes au coeur du pouvoir : Jackie Kennedy, Liliane Bettencourt, Marella Agnelli, la princesse Grace de Monaco... Travailleuse passionnée, le "sphinx" dirige avec panache la Maison Grès, 1 rue de la Paix, qu'elle a créée en 1934.

Madame Bovary is a novel written by Gustave Flaubert, first published in 1856. The book tells the story of Emma Bovary, a young woman who marries a doctor in the hopes of escaping her provincial life. However, Emma soon becomes disillusioned with her marriage and her mundane existence, and she begins to seek excitement and passion through a series of affairs. As Emma's debts pile up and her romantic fantasies go unfulfilled, she becomes increasingly desperate and delusional. The novel is a powerful critique of the societal constraints placed on women in Flaubert's time and the consequences of ...

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.Written over a century and a half ago, Madame Bovary is still an extraordinarily fresh, exciting and shockingly frank novel, at once an acute psychological study of a woman drawn into adultery through circumstances we can partly understand, and a sharply-observed comedy that offers a fascinating glimpse of the social and cultural divisions running through French provincial society in the mid nineteenth century. This translation is by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, a prominent social activist and literary translator. She was the youngest daughter of Karl Marx.Become a ...

"Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert is a tragic tale of a woman's struggle with the confines of provincial life and her unfulfilled romantic and material desires. This podcast examines the life of Emma Bovary and her desperate attempts to escape the mundane through love affairs and reckless spending, leading to devastating consequences.

Vous connaissez beaucoup de personnes qui ont été heureuses d’aller travailler toute leur vie ? En exerçant le même métier, en faisant le même trajet chaque jour ?Pendant 30 ans, sans se départir de son sourire, ma mère a enseigné le français dans le même collège de campagne.Il a fallu que Brigitte approche de la retraite pour que je mesure ce que ce sourire a d’exceptionnel. Une joie intacte malgré les épreuves, malgré les drames.Alors, cette dernière année, j’ai décidé de la vivre avec elle. Je l’ai observée face aux élèves, je l’ai écoutée se confier à ...

A lifestyle podcast. Step into your rich aunt's salon and indulge in life's many delightful moments. Travels, books, art, London, the odd recipe of a divine cocktail I've had, an exhibition I've seen that you ought to. Come away with me on a short stop to Paris for a solo lunch date, escape a rainy London afternoon by pottering around in a museum or three. Return and rediscover corners of the world at your leisure; dancing the night away in old Havana, curl up and escape within the pages of a good book, make new memories in a little village under the Tuscan moonlight, ascend great heights and...

Madame Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was born to Swiss banker and statesman Jacques Necker and raised in a vibrant Paris salon that fostered the minds of influential intellectuals. Although she married Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein in 1781, their union was short-lived, culminating in separation by 1797. A notable novelist and passionate advocate of J.J. Rousseau and the principles of the French Revolution, Madame de Staël found herself exiled to England in 1792, where she mingled with prominent French figures like Charles Maurice de Talleyrand. After the fall of Robespierre ...

Fergus Hume, born as the second son to Dr. James Hume, embarked on a life of adventure and creativity at a very young age. His family moved to Dunedin, New Zealand when he was only three, and by 1885, he was admitted to the New Zealand bar. His pursuit of new beginnings took him to Melbourne, Australia where he started as a barristers clerk and eventually fell in love with playwriting. Despite facing rejections from Melbourne theatre managers, Hume found his true calling in mystery writing, becoming a pioneer in the world of detective stories. His life and work laid the foundation for the ...

Dive into the captivating world of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, a master storyteller of the nineteenth century. This collection brings to light a selection of his forgotten works alongside tales that may be unfamiliar to many. Renowned for his exceptional ability to craft ghost stories, Le Fanu skillfully sets the scene and weaves effective details that draw readers into the eerie atmosphere he creates. To entice you further, the most striking and sensational tales are presented at the forefront of this volume. As Le Fanu evolved as a writer, his stories grew in depth and sophistication, making ...

Madam Vice President is a biweekly VEEP rewatch podcast hosted and created by comedian Becky Hermenze. Each week, Becky and a guest recap an episode of VEEP and discuss everything from the genius of Julia Louis-Dreyfus to the parallels between our current political landscape and the fictional one in the show.

This podcast offers an engaging review of the Diary and Letters of Madame DArblay, originally appearing in The Edinburgh Review in January 1843 and later reprinted in Macaulays Critical and Historical Essays. The podcast delves into her vivid accounts of meeting remarkable people and her masterful description of King George IIIs illness. Her contributions to literature, including novels which predated those of Jane Austen, are also explored. This captivating and insightful podcast is a must-listen for history enthusiasts and literature lovers alike.

Dive into the intriguing life of Madame Guyon, a French mystic and primary advocate of Quietism, which was deemed heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Experience her resilience as she endured imprisonment from 1695 to 1703 for her controversial book, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. This rendition of her autobiography, translated by Thomas Taylor Allen, was first published in 1897.

An review essay of "Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay". The Edinburgh Review, January, 1843. Reprinted in vol. iii of Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays. "Hundreds of remarkable persons had passed in review before her....The account which she has given of the King's [George III] illness contains much excellent narrative and description, and will, we think, be as much valued by the historians of a future age as any equal portion of Pepys's or Evelyn's Diaries..." Her novels were "the precursors" of those of Jane Austen. - Summary by barbara2