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tendencies that ought to be conflicting
In Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, the snobbish Mme de Cambremer at one point exclaims, ” In heaven’s name, after a painter like Monet, who is an absolute genius, don’t go an mention an old hack without a vestige … Continue reading
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Tagged Corot, Eugene Delacroix, French Literature. Marcel Proust Remembrance of Things Past, Georges Rouault, Jacques Lemercier, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, John Constable, Marcel Proust, Nicolas Poussin, Paul Scarron, Peter Paul Rubens, Piet Mondrian, Raphael, Rembrandt, Simon Vouet
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ROYAL FLUSH & BLUSH WITH THE SUN KING: idiot bastard sons?
It was the world of Saint-Simon. In his insultingly tiny Versailles room a noble diarist recorded life in the court of the Sun King. Prudery, malice, and consideration of status filled his pages and produced a masterpiece that recorded the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Levi, Antonia Fraser, Carlos Perez, Charlotte-Elizabeth Duchesse d'Orleans, Claude Lefebvre, Duc de Saint-Simon, Duke of Marlborough, Gérard Corbiau, Hyancinthe Rigaud, Jamie S. Rich, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jonathan Spangler, Kathe Robin, Louis XIV, Louise de La Valliere, Lucy Norton, Lully, Paul Scarron, R.J Knecht, roberto rossellini, Saint Simon, Seigneur Colbert, Winston Churchill
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