Paris of painters and writers.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 23111 |
| Format | 18 x 23 |
| Détails | 240 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754111621 |
This book is intended as a true declaration of love to Paris, an intimate and emotional inventory of a Paris of all stories and of great History. The author, Sophie Chauveau, sets out as an explorer to walk its streets, its squares and cafés, its gardens, its monuments and its museums, to find the magic of the places where lived the painters and writers who wrote and immortalized the city forever. She sets out in search of all the Parises, loved or hated. She sets out in search of her memories and ours too. From the iconic Paris of Montmartre, the Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, and the Eiffel Tower, to the Paris of the streets and the Seine, the author strolls and rediscovers the soul of a city through the most beautiful texts of Proust, Balzac, Maupassant, Hugo, Modiano, and masterpieces by Raguenet, Pissarro, Caillebotte, Manet, Renoir, Béraud, Monet, Van Gogh, and many others. This book offers a unique illustrated anthology, which draws on literature and painting from the 16th century to the present day, and highlights all the beauty of Paris. This rich and contrasting dialogue between selected quotes and famous paintings reveals a Paris that has attracted the greatest artists in the world, which has nourished their imagination and creativity. "There are a thousand places in Paris where the talent of men has marked history. Paris is so small that it flourishes an astonishing accumulation of geniuses per square meter." At 50 rue de Vaugirard, Madame de Lafayette wrote The Princess of Cleves, Balzac wrote The Chagrin's Skin on rue Cassini, and Alain Fournier completed Le Grand Meaulnes there. Pascal lived his fiery night at 54 rue Monsieur. Mallarmé, Zola, and Manet lived and created without leaving Batignolles, where the Impressionist movement lay in wait.
This book is intended as a true declaration of love to Paris, an intimate and emotional inventory of a Paris of all stories and of great History. The author, Sophie Chauveau, sets out as an explorer to walk its streets, its squares and cafés, its gardens, its monuments and its museums, to find the magic of the places where lived the painters and writers who wrote and immortalized the city forever. She sets out in search of all the Parises, loved or hated. She sets out in search of her memories and ours too. From the iconic Paris of Montmartre, the Champs-Élysées, Notre-Dame, and the Eiffel Tower, to the Paris of the streets and the Seine, the author strolls and rediscovers the soul of a city through the most beautiful texts of Proust, Balzac, Maupassant, Hugo, Modiano, and masterpieces by Raguenet, Pissarro, Caillebotte, Manet, Renoir, Béraud, Monet, Van Gogh, and many others. This book offers a unique illustrated anthology, which draws on literature and painting from the 16th century to the present day, and highlights all the beauty of Paris. This rich and contrasting dialogue between selected quotes and famous paintings reveals a Paris that has attracted the greatest artists in the world, which has nourished their imagination and creativity. "There are a thousand places in Paris where the talent of men has marked history. Paris is so small that it flourishes an astonishing accumulation of geniuses per square meter." At 50 rue de Vaugirard, Madame de Lafayette wrote The Princess of Cleves, Balzac wrote The Chagrin's Skin on rue Cassini, and Alain Fournier completed Le Grand Meaulnes there. Pascal lived his fiery night at 54 rue Monsieur. Mallarmé, Zola, and Manet lived and created without leaving Batignolles, where the Impressionist movement lay in wait.