Download or read book Portrait of an Englishman in His Chateau written by André Pieyre de Mandiargues and published by Dedalus Europe 1998 S. This book was released on 1998 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gothic tale in the manner of the Marquis de Sade and Octave Mirbeau's Torture Garden. It was originally published anonymously in Paris in 1953. When the unnamed narrator crosses the causeway to the Chateau of Gamehuche, he enters a surrealist nightmare of debauchery and violence. The proceedings at the chateau are presided over by the master of Gamehuche, M. de Montcul, formerly the English diplomat, Sir Horatio Mountarse. With a cast of willing and not-so-willing acolytes, he serves up an over-refined cuisine of obscenity, sexual perversion and unspeakable cruelty. The book could be described as a dispatch written from the frontiers of depravity. J. Fletcher's translation is the first English version of Pieyre de Mandiargues disturbing cult classic.
Download or read book Surrealism and the Gothic written by Neil Matheson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrealism and the Gothic is the first book-length analysis of the role played by the gothic in both the initial emergence of surrealism and at key moments in its subsequent development as an art and literary movement. The book argues the strong and sustained influence, not only of the classic gothic novel itself – Ann Radcliffe, Charles Maturin, Matthew Lewis, etc. – but also the determinative impact of closely related phenomena, as with the influence of mediumism, alchemy and magic. The book also traces the later development of the gothic novel, as with Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and its mutation into such works of popular fiction as the Fantômas series of Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre, enthusiastically taken up by writers such as Apollinaire and subsequently feeding into the development of surrealism. More broadly, the book considers a range of motifs strongly associated with gothic writing, as with insanity, incarceration and the ‘accursed outsider’, explored in relation to the personal experience and electroshock treatment of Antonin Artaud. A recurring motif of the analysis is that of the gothic castle, developed in the writings of André Breton, Artaud, Sade, Julien Gracq and other writers, as well as in the work of visual artists such as Magritte.
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Download or read book John Cassell s illustrated history of England The text to the reign of Edward i by J F Smith and from that period by W Howitt written by Cassell, ltd and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asleep at the Chateau written by and published by Damiani Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Asleep at the Chateau is a book about special people staying at a special hotel in Hollywood (the Chateau Marmont). Photographer Jork Weismann captures them in intimate pictures: all of them sleeping. From Patti Smith to Bret Easton Ellis: at one point even the most productive people need to rest"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book The Painted Castle written by Kristy Cambron and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in three time periods—the rapid change of Victorian England, the peak of England’s home-front tensions at the end of WWII, and modern day—The Painted Castle unlocks secrets lost for generations just waiting to be found. A lost painting of Queen Victoria. A library bricked off from the world. And three women, separated by time, whose lives are irrevocably changed. In Victorian England, talented sketch artist Elizabeth Meade is engaged to Viscount Huxley, owner of Parham Hill. However, Elizabeth’s real motive for being at Parham Hill has nothing to do with art or marriage. She’s determined to avenge her father’s brutal murder—even if it means a betrothal to the very man she believes committed the crime. A century later, Amelia Woods—a World War II widow who has turned Parham Hill and its beloved library into a boarding school for refugee children—receives military orders to house a troop of American pilots. She is determined the children in her care will remain untouched by the war, but the task is proving difficult with officers taking up every square inch of their world . . . and one in particular vying for a space in Amelia’s long-shut up heart. When art historian Keira Foley is hired to authenticate a painting, she hopes this is just the thing to get her career and life back on track. But from the time she arrives at Parham Hill Estate and begins working alongside rumored art thief Emory Scott, she’s left with far more questions than answers. Could this lost painting of Queen Victoria be a duplicate of the original Winterhalter masterpiece, and if so, who is the artist? Praise for The Painted Castle: “A gripping tale of secrets hidden behind the walls of an ancient English castle.” —KATE BRESLIN, bestselling author of Far Side of the Sea A Sweet Historical Split-time Romance The third and final book in the Lost Castle series Books do not have to be read in order Full-length novel with three woman each finding her own happily ever after
Download or read book Chateau Country written by Daniel DeKalb Miller and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally from France, the du Pont family settled in the Brandywine River Valley. Chateau Country is an intimate portrait of the houses built by this Delaware dynasty. Their first dwelling was a modest six-room house just steps from the gunpowder mills that made the du Ponts wealthy. One hundred years later, their largest house had 176 rooms and thirty-six servants on 2,300 acres of land. Since company founder E.I. du Pont built Eleutherian Mills in 1802, almost one hundred houses have been built nearby and occupied by his descendants. Many spectacular estate houses have been razed, but thirty-three du Pont family properties that still exist are explored and accompanied by anecdotes. Some, including Eleutherian Mills, Longwood, Gibraltar, Nemours, and Winterthur, are open to the public; others remain hidden behind stone walls. Chateau Country takes readers inside these houses and describes a way of life that has all but disappeared.
Download or read book Museums in Motion written by Edward P. Alexander and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a complete introduction to the history of museums, types of museums, and the key roles that museums play in the twenty-first century. Following an introductory chapter looking at what a museum is today, Part I looks at the history and types of museums: art and design museums natural history and anthropology museums science museums history museums, historic houses, interpretation centers, and heritage sites botanical gardens and zoos children’s museums The second part of the book explores the primary functions of museums and museum professionals: to collect to conserve to exhibit to interpret and to engage to serve and to act The final chapter looks at the museum profession and professional practices. Throughout, emphasis is on museums in the United States, although attention is paid to the historical framing of museums within the European context. The new edition includes discussions of technology, access, and inclusivity woven into each chapter, a list of challenges and opportunities in each chapter, and “Museums in Motion Today,” vignettes spread throughout the volume in which museum professionals provide their perspectives on where museums are now and where they are going. More than 140 images illustrate the volume.
Download or read book Catalogue of the valuable library of the late J Morice which will be sold by auction With a MS list of prices and purchasers written by John MORICE and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Biographical History of the Fine Arts Or Memoirs of the Lives and Works of Eminent Painters Engravers Sculptors and Architects written by Shearjashub Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Ch teau Land written by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: In Château Land by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Download or read book A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters Engravers Sculptors and Architects from Ancient to Modern Times written by Shearjashub Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Echo written by Laura May Harris and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1924, Laura May Harris uses her vivid memory and unique writing skills to create a series of rustic tales which not only illustrate family life at the beginning of the 20th century, during the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression, but also illuminates the author's own personal journey from farm to forces to frontier. And anchoring those vignettes are various adventures unfolding during the same era, but well-beyond her own doorstep. Echo is a thoroughly enjoyable read. For today's youth, it allows them to walk a mile in the footsteps of their grandparents; for today's seniors resting up for the next lap of life's journey, it gives them license to smile.
Download or read book A Biographical History of the Fine Arts written by S. Spooner and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
Download or read book A Biographical History of the Five Arts being memoirs of the lives and works of eminent painters engravers sculptors and architects written by SPOONER and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Biographical History of the Fine Arts written by Shearjashub Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
