Author: DelabordePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 76
Book Description
Discours prononçés aux obsèques de M. le Comte Jules DelaBorde à Lausanne et à Paris
Author: DelabordeGeneral Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Crescendo of the Virtuoso
Author: Paul MetznerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520377400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
Le Corbusier: the Chapel at Ronchamp
Author: Danièle PaulyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783764357597
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier’s late period. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.
Correspondence
Author: VoltaireAnalysis of the Game of Chess
Author: François Danican PhilidorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The Daguerreotype
Author: Dominique de Font-RéaulxPublisher: 5Continents
ISBN: 9788874394661
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.
The Noble Game of Chess
Author: Philip StammaDespatches of Michele Suriano and Marc' Antonio Barbaro, Venetian Ambassadors at the Court of France, 1560-1563
Author: Venice (Republic : To 1797)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ambassadors
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Kings of Chess
Author: William HartstonPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description