Paris on the Eve 1900-1914

Name: Paris on the Eve 1900-1914
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Vincent Cronin
ISBN: 9780002176200

Vincent Cronin

04/05/1989
Harpercollins Publishers Ltd

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Paris on the Eve 1900-1914 par Vincent Cronin

Résumé

This portrait of Paris between 1900 and 1914, when it was the artistic centre of Europe, is evoked by a series of character sketches of important figures, such as Proust, Gide, Claudel, Debussy, Sarah Bernhardt, Picasso, Diaghilev and the Curies. By drawing together the threads of their lives the author distinguishes a subtlety and delicacy in artistic and intellectual life not present in the more pleasure-seeking 1890s. But dark political clouds were looming with the German occupation of Alsace-Lorraine, the Agadir crisis, and the effect on Germany of the growing Entente Cordiale - events of which intellectuals and artists failed to see the full significance. The author has written "Louis XIV", "Louis and Antoinette" and "Napoleon".