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Experience the glitz and glamour of Parisian high society in this engaging history of the famous French salons, where intellectual and artistic luminaries of the day gathered to exchange ideas and enjoy each other's company. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Here, in the first English edition of Benedetta Craveri's recent scholarly study, Civilta della conversazione, he describes the world of women and French salons in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Biographical sketches of French women who participated in salons which reveal their intellectual and cultural influence.
This book is a study of 19th-century American art within the context of French art as presented at the Paris Salons--annual exhibitions of contemporary art which, at the time, were the most important events in the Western world. 48 color plates; l52 halftones.