Download or read book Queen of Fashion written by Caroline Weber and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-10-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dazzling new vision of the ever-fascinating queen, a dynamic young historian reveals how Marie Antoinette's bold attempts to reshape royal fashion changed the future of France Marie Antoinette has always stood as an icon of supreme style, but surprisingly none of her biographers have paid sustained attention to her clothes. In Queen of Fashion, Caroline Weber shows how Marie Antoinette developed her reputation for fashionable excess, and explains through lively, illuminating new research the political controversies that her clothing provoked. Weber surveys Marie Antoinette's "Revolution in Dress," covering each phase of the queen's tumultuous life, beginning with the young girl, struggling to survive Versailles's rigid traditions of royal glamour (twelve-foot-wide hoopskirts, whalebone corsets that crushed her organs). As queen, Marie Antoinette used stunning, often extreme costumes to project an image of power and wage war against her enemies. Gradually, however, she began to lose her hold on the French when she started to adopt "unqueenly" outfits (the provocative chemise) that, surprisingly, would be adopted by the revolutionaries who executed her. Weber's queen is sublime, human, and surprising: a sometimes courageous monarch unwilling to allow others to determine her destiny. The paradox of her tragic story, according to Weber, is that fashion—the vehicle she used to secure her triumphs—was also the means of her undoing. Weber's book is not only a stylish and original addition to Marie Antoinette scholarship, but also a moving, revelatory reinterpretation of one of history's most controversial figures.

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Download or read book Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of Congress from December 1 1866 to December 1 1867 written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of Congress from Dec 1 to Dec 1 written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of books added to the Library of Congress written by Washington D.C., libr. of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Proc s de Marie Antoinette ci devant reine des Fran ais written by Nicolas Prévost and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proc s de Marie Antoinette ci devant reine des Fran ais ou Recueil exact de tous ses interrogatoires r ponses d positions des t moins written by Nicolas Prévost and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proces de Marie Antoinette CI Devant Reine Des Francais Ou Recueil Exact de Tous Ses written by Prevost-N and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proc s De Marie antoinette Ci devant Reine Des Fran ais Ou Recueil Exact De Tous Ses Interrogatoires R ponses D positions Des T moins written by Nicolas Prévost and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proc s de Marie Antoinette CI Devant Reine Des Fran ais Ou Recueil Exact written by Prevost-N and published by Hachette Livre - BNF. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proces de Marie-Antoinette, ci-devant reine des Francais, ou Recueil exact de tous ses interrogatoires, reponses, depositions des temoins, suivi de plusieurs anecdotes sur sa mort... (Nouvelle edition) / [signe N. Prevost] Date de l'edition originale: 1865 Sujet de l'ouvrage: Marie-Antoinette (reine de France; 1755-1793) -- Proces [Proces. Marie-Antoinette. 1793] Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF. Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique. En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles. Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Download or read book Proc s de Marie Antoinette Ci Devant Reine des Fran ais ou Recueil Exact de Tous Ses Interrogatoires R ponses D positions des T moins written by Nicolas Prévost and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proces de Marie-Antoinette, Ci-Devant Reine des Francais, ou Recueil Exact de Tous Ses Interrogatoires, Reponses, Depositions des Temoins: Suivi de Plusieurs Anecdotes sur Sa Mort, Qui Eut Lieu sur la Place de la Revolution, le 16 Octobre (Style Esclave), Ou le Vingt-Cinquieme Jour du Premier Mois de la Seconde Annee de la Republique Francaise Le petit livre que nous publions aujourd'hui est la simple reproduction d 'une brochure cu rieuse, imprimee avec des carai: teres ecrases, presque illisibles, sur un papzer bleuatre et mal propre, et qui s'e vendait en 1793 sur la voie publique et chez les marchands de nouveautes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book European Clocks in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Gillian Wilson and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.

Download or read book Proc s de Marie Antoinette ci devant reine des Fran ais written by Nicolas Prévost and published by Collection XIX. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: « Le petit livre que nous publions aujourd’hui est la simple reproduction d’une brochure curieuse, imprimée avec des caractères écrasés, presque illisibles, sur un papier bleuâtre et malpropre, et qui se vendait en 1793 sur la voie publique et chez les marchands de nouveautés. C’est le récit ou le procès-verbal, au point de vue de l’opinion populaire du temps, du procès, de la condamnation et de l’exécution de la reine Marie-Antoinette d’Autriche ; une gravure, passablement naïve dans ses détails, représente la reine de France conduite au supplice, en présence d’une foule très-clair-semée, et nous l’avons fait reproduire en fac-simile, pour compléter la physionomie originale de l’ouvrage. Il n’est personne qui ne connaisse cette page de notre histoire, et depuis quelque temps surtout, une recrudescence d’intérêt s’est attachée aux figures du siècle dernier, emportées par le premier flux de la Révolution. La publication de correspondances inédites a jeté sur ces évènements, commentés mille fois, un jour presque nouveau, et offert un grave sujet de méditations aux esprits sérieux qui veulent juger par eux-mêmes, et qui ne subissent pas sans contrôle les idées et les appréciations qu’on veut leur imposer. Nous tenons singulièrement à n’entrer dans aucun développement de principes, tout en nous félicitant d’appartenir à une époque qui a renversé l’échafaud politique, et dont les esprits les plus généreux proscrivent et poursuivent la peine de mort, sous quelque forme qu’elle se produise, appliquée par le crime, la guerre ou la société. » Fruit d’une sélection réalisée au sein des fonds de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Collection XIX a pour ambition de faire découvrir des textes classiques et moins classiques dans les meilleures éditions du XIXe siècle.

Download or read book Festivals and the French Revolution written by Mona Ozouf and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Festivals and the French Revolution--the subject conjures up visions of goddesses of Liberty, strange celebrations of Reason, and the oddly pretentious cult of the Supreme Being. Every history of the period includes some mention of festivals; Ozouf shows us that they were much more than bizarre marginalia to the revolutionary process.