Cette pièce minuscule est une exception à Versailles, la seule entièrement décorée de panneaux peints en vernis Martin, une technique destinée à remplacer la laque. À l'origine ces panneaux ornaient l'appartement de Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, et Marie-Antoinette les fit remonter à cet emplacement qui est officiellement connu sous le nom d'arrière-cabinet. Un des lieux cachés du château...
X-posted in marchmainhouse Madame de Pompadour: Eminence without honor The Hudson Review Tess Lewis A skillful woman knows how to mingle pleasure with the general interest and, without boring her lover, contrives to have him do what she wants. -Mme. de Tencin [S]uch a combination-that of the genius…
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Recently, the “newsish” website Gawker ran a nasty little expose on the CFO of a major media company, who had allegedly attempted to purchase sex from a porn star. Many readers were livid, citing an invasion of privacy, or even perhaps a whiff of homophobia in the story (the CFO and the porn star were both men). Gawker argued that their mission has always been to dig up dirt on the rich and powerful, and though there was some debate on whether or not the subject of their story was rich and powerful enough to constitute such focus, they argued the story constituted public interest before eventually retracting it with apology. The scandal sparked a debate, with Jeet Heer over at The New Republic arguing that such nasty tactics aren’t productive praxis for class war: The Condé Nast executive is seen as a legitimate subject for attack because of his wealth and class privilege. What the adherents to Gawkerism rarely consider is whether tabloid gossip is really the best tool for fighting a class war. Unfortunately, Heer completely overlooks the fact that historically, gossip, libel and denigration have been an integral aspect of class war, and the tabloids...
Globalizing capitalism and its new extremes -- rising prices and wealth inequalities -- has a remarkable historical parallel in the events of the 16th century. Should modern-day capitalists be guarding the Bastille?
Marie Antoinette inspired french wedding cake
Book containing 99 pages of swatches or samples of silk, Lyon, 1764
Camille Raveau is an illustrator, story board artist and a book author who Kickstarted her book Will & Isabelle - Le Petite Machine in France.
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