walter marc arque sabine france 1900 a portrait in color
Walter Marc, Arque Sabine France 1900. A Portrait in Color
A tribute to the colorful joie de vivre of the Belle Epoque The turn of the 20th century was a golden era in France. It was an age of peace, prosperity, and progress after a series of bruising wars and turmoil within the French Republic, culminating in the Franco-Prussian War, which had ended in 1871. From the ruins of conflict, the Belle Epoque brought joie de vivre flourish, a boom in art, design, industry, technology, gastronomy, education, travel, entertainment, and nightlife. Through some 800 vintage photographs, postcards, posters, and photochromes from the extensive archives of Marc Walter and Photovintagefrance, France around 1900 follows up on TASCHEN’s best-selling vintage photographic collections Italy around 1900, The Grand Tour, Germany around 1900, and An American Odyssey to provide a precious record of France in all its turn-of-the-century glory. With the photochrome technique used in many of the images restoring the past to vivid color, we enjoy a bristling close, bittersweet, encounter with this hopeful age: the brave, stony splendor of the Mont Saint-Michel; the icy peaks of Chamonix; and the honey light of the Cote d’Azur. With an introduction, six essays, and detailed commentary by Sabine Arque exploring the stories behind the pictures, this is an unrivalled portrait of a nation on the cusp of the century and of its poignant exuberance before the paroxysm of the First World War. While paying tribute to the precious Belle Epoque, crushed by the traumas of history, it also celebrates the unwavering allure of La Belle France, its beauty, culture, traditions, and legendary romance.
28401 Руб.
Dobson Sebastian, Arque Sabine Japan 1900. A Portrait in Color
Land of the Rising Sun at the Turn of the Century The Golden Age of Travel neatly overlaps with the reign of the Emperor Meiji, which began in 1868 with the overthrow of a feudal order that had kept Japan secluded from the outside world for more than 200 years. In the ensuing four-and-a-half decades, Japan became a less remote and more attractive destination for the international traveler and a popular subject for photographers, both Japanese and foreign. In 536 pages, this book presents more than 700 vintage images of Japan, texts by a specialist in early Japanese photography, and extensive commentary through thematic sections exploring traditions as varied as tea, silk and Buddhism, as well as itineraries across five regions, all of which guide the reader through this captivating land. Our travels take us from the enchanting vistas of Nagasaki to the seagirt shrine of Miyajima, long esteemed among the "Three Views" considered the most beautiful in Japan; from the rambling streets of Kobe to the energetic bustle of Osaka; from the cornucopia of historic sights in the ancient cities of Kyoto and Nara to the twin delights of shopping and sex in the vibrant modern port of Yokohama; from the timeless beauty of Mount Fuji and the mountainside scenery of nearby Hakone to the urban melange of Japan’s modern capital, where the traditions of Edo and the modernity of Tokyo co-existed; and, finally, from the jewel-like architecture of Nikko set amidst forests and waterfalls to the islet-studded bay of Matsushima, until our journey ends in the remote wilds of Hokkaido, home to the indigenous Ainu.
28401 Руб.
Sabine Arque. The Alps 1900. A Portrait in Color XXL
Вечная красота Альп на фотоснимках примерно 1900 года.«Ничто не сравнится с Альпами», — писал великий французский историк Жюль Мишле в 1868 году. В самом сердце Европы гигантская альпийская горная цепь включает в себя одни из самых грандиозных природных объектов в мире, такие как Монблан, Юнгфрау, Маттерхорн и их ледники. Туризм зародился в конце 1800-х годов и значительно вырос в течение следующих столетий, особенно с появлением зимних видов спорта. Эта книга предлагает очаровательный экскурс в ушедшую эпоху, когда первые горные поезда и зубчатые железные дороги возили к подножию ледника мужчин в ледерхозенах и женщин в длинных платьях, когда местные гиды сопровождали туристов верхом на мулах, время, когда первых альпинистов считали сумасшедшими, а лыжников - диковинкой.Через фотохромы, фотографии и цветные открытки 19-го и 20-го веков, через туристические плакаты и туристические брошюры мы пересекаем такие перевалы, как Мон-Сени, Симплон, Бреннер и Сен-Готард, подняться на Монблан, Эйгер, Веттерхорн и Доломиты, полюбуйтесь кристально чистыми озерами в Швейцарии, Италии, Баварии и Словении, исследовать Тироль, Виа Мала и Энгадин, и проведите зимний сезон в роскошных отелях в Гштааде, Гриндельвальде, Давосе, Санкт-Морице и Кортине. Это путешествие, усеянное литературными цитатами писателей-путешественников, напоминает об этих счастливых днях чистого снега и нетронутых склонов!The Timeless Beauty of the Alps in Photochromes from around 1900“Nothing compares to the Alps” wrote the great French historian Jules Michelet in 1868. At the very heart of Europe, the gigantic Alpine mountain range includes some of the most grandiose natural sites in the world, such as Mont Blanc, the Jungfrau, the Matterhorn, and their glaciers. Tourism began in the late 1800s and grew tremendously over the next centuries, especially with the rise of winter sports. This book offers a charming tour of a bygone era, when the first mountain trains and cog railways were carrying men in lederhosen and women in long dresses to the foot of the glacier, when local guides accompanied tourists riding on mules, a time when the first alpinists were considered mad, and skiers were a curiosity.Through photochromes, photographs, and color postcards of the 19th and 20th centuries, through travel posters and tourist brochures, we cross passes such as the Mont-Cenis, Simplon, Brenner, and St. Gotthard, climb Mont Blanc, the Eiger, the Wetterhorn, and the Dolomites, marvel at crystal-clear lakes in Switzerland, Italy, Bavaria, and Slovenia, explore Tyrol, the Via Mala, and the Engadin, and spend the winter season at grand hotels in Gstaad, Grindelwald, Davos, St. Moritz, and Cortina. This is a journey dotted with literary quotes by travel writers that evokes these happy days of pristine snow and untouched slopes!
19950 Руб.
Giovanni Fanelli. Italy 1900. A Portrait in Color
Journey back to early 20th-century Italy“You may have the universe,” composer Giuseppe Verdi once said, “if I can have Italy.” Back in the mid-19th century, Verdi’s emotive language appealed to the patriotic sentiments of an emergent nation state. After decades of struggle and bloodshed, the movement known as Risorgimento triumphed with the 1861 proclamation of Italian Unity, assembling disparate kingdoms, territories, and borders that had hitherto been ruled by Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Papal States.Today, Verdi’s call to Italy resounds not only for its native patriots, but for the millions around the world who look upon this peninsula shaped like a boot and delight in a land of light, art, and sensuality. This collection is a fascinating visual document of Italy at the turn of the century, gathering photochromes and vintage colored prints.From coast to coast, through classical sites and Renaissance wonders, down beguiling Venetian waterways and along the dappled shores of the Amalfi coast, each evocative image impresses as much for its color clarity as for the vivid evocation of times gone by. As if in an enchanted dream, we walk an empty and dusklit St. Mark’s Square, stroll the shady Uffizi courtyard alone, and find just a few horse carts pulled up in front of the Pantheon in Rome. In place of cameras, guides, and tour groups, we find ordinary traders and laborers, quiet street scenes, and humble settlements. As sunlit charms and historic reality combine, the result is an unrivaled record of this young nation that fought hard to exist, and went on to win the world’s hearts.
10500 Руб.
Fanelli Giovanni Italy 1900. A Portrait in Color
Journey back to early 20th-century Italy "You may have the universe," composer Giuseppe Verdi once said, "if I can have Italy." Back in the mid-19th century, Verdi's emotive language appealed to the patriotic sentiments of an emergent nation state. After decades of struggle and bloodshed, the movement known as Risorgimento triumphed with the 1861 proclamation of Italian Unity, assembling disparate kingdoms, territories, and borders that had hitherto been ruled by Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Papal States. Today, Verdi's call to Italy resounds not only for its native patriots, but for the millions around the world who look upon this peninsula shaped like a boot and delight in a land of light, art, and sensuality. This collection is a fascinating visual document of Italy at the turn of the century, gathering photochromes and vintage colored prints. From coast to coast, through classical sites and Renaissance wonders, down beguiling Venetian waterways and along the dappled shores of the Amalfi coast, each evocative image impresses as much for its color clarity as for the vivid evocation of times gone by. As if in an enchanted dream, we walk an empty and dusklit St. Mark's Square, stroll the shady Uffizi courtyard alone, and find just a few horse carts pulled up in front of the Pantheon in Rome. In place of cameras, guides, and tour groups, we find ordinary traders and laborers, quiet street scenes, and humble settlements. As sunlit charms and historic reality combine, the result is an unrivaled record of this young nation that fought hard to exist, and went on to win the world's hearts.
12601 Руб.
Скотт Вальтер Life of Napoleon 2 = Жизнь Наполеона 2: на англ.яз
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, "Life of Napoleon" is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon's exile in St. Helena.
887 Руб.
Скотт Вальтер Life of Napoleon 1 = Жизнь Наполеона 1: на англ.яз
Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, "Life of Napoleon" is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon's exile in St. Helena.
802 Руб.
Scott Walter Life of Napoleon 1
Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, "Life of Napoleon" is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon's exile in St. Helena.
1163 Руб.
Scott Walter Life of Napoleon II
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, "Life of Napoleon" is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon's exile in St. Helena.
1362 Руб.
Скотт Вальтер Life of Napoleon 2 = Жизнь Наполеона 2: на англ.яз
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, "Life of Napoleon" is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon's exile in St. Helena.
887 Руб.
Скотт Вальтер Life of Napoleon 1 = Жизнь Наполеона 1: на англ.яз
Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, "Life of Napoleon" is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon's exile in St. Helena.
802 Руб.
Marc Walter. America 1900
Эти вновь открытые изображения открыток Photochrom и Photostint из частной коллекции Марка Уолтера были произведены Detroit Photographic Company между 1888 и 1924 годами. Соединенные Штаты Внезапно все цвета континента стали доступны для обозрения: от насыщенных охристых и коричневых оттенков Гранд-Каньона до ослепительного Атлантик-Сити — теперь эти места стали визуальным наслаждением не только для очевидцев, но и для американцев во всем мире.Пронизанные чувством открытия и приключений, собранные здесь картины — это путешествие по народам, местам и времени. Они проводят нас через обширный и разнообразный ландшафт Северной Америки, где мы встречаемся с ее многочисленными сообществами, и, прежде всего, возвращаем нас в Соединенные Штаты более века назад. На более чем 600 страницах, включая развороты, эта обширная панорама переносит нас от поселений коренных американцев до китайского квартала Нью-Йорка, от последних ковбоев до расцвета Кони-Айленда. Эти редкие и замечательные изображения, столь же яркие, как и 120 лет назад, познакомили американцев с Америкой, теперь переносят прошлое Америки в наше настоящее.These rediscovered Photochrom and Photostint postcard images from the private collection of Marc Walter were produced by the Detroit Photographic Company between 1888 and 1924. Using a photolithographic process that predated the autochrome by nearly 20 years, they offered people the very first color photographs of the United States. Suddenly, the continent’s colors were available for all to see. From the rich ochres and browns of the Grand Canyon to the dazzle of Atlantic City, these places were now a visual delight not only for eyewitnesses but for Americans far and wide.Imbued with a sense of discovery and adventure, the pictures gathered here are a voyage through peoples, places, and time. They take us through North America’s vast and varied landscape, where we encounter its many communities, and above all transport us back to the United States of over a century ago. Across more than 600 pages including fold-out spreads, this sweeping panorama takes us from Native American settlements to New York’s Chinatown, from some of the last cowboys to Coney Island’s heyday. As luminous now as they were some 120 years ago, these rare and remarkable images that brought America to Americans now bring America’s past to our present.
9450 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Jailbird
Jailbird takes us into a fractured and comic, pure Vonnegut world of high crimes and misdemeanors in government - and in the heart. This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. But the humor turns dark when Vonnegut shines his spotlight on the cold hearts and calculated greed of the mighty, giving a razor-sharp edge to an unforgettable portrait of power and politics in our times.
1966 Руб.
Karin Lelonek. Germany 1900. A Portrait in Colour
Germany 1900. A Portrait in Colour (XL).Начало 20-го века казалось многообещающим для Германии. Пригороды, возможно, изобиловали многоквартирными домами для нового промышленного пролетариата, но по просторным новым улицам в центре города люди гордо прогуливались мимо великолепных буржуазных резиденций. Экономика процветала, аристократия и военные пользовались неограниченным социальным авторитетом, и большая часть населения почитала кайзера. С помощью примерно 800 цветных иллюстраций эта книга представляет Германию рубежа веков такой, какой она хотела себя видеть: уверенной в себе, блестящей, патриотичной, но также с верой в прогресс и – для тех, кто мог себе это позволить – с космополитическим чутьем.Как и в получившей признание критиков Америке 1900 года, все изображения являются редкими примерами исторического фотохромного процесса, техники печати, которая позволяла воспроизводить черно-белые фотографии в цвете. От сказочных замков Людвига II в Баварских Альпах до гламурных купален на Северном и Балтийском морях — картины раскрывают Германию оптимизма, красоты и преображения. Технические новшества и современные бульвары соседствуют со средневековыми городами, сельскими традициями и мистическими лесами, создавая увлекательную и ностальгическую панораму давно потерянной эпохи до того, как наступило разрушительное время и история.The turn of the 20th century seemed full of promise for Germany. The suburbs may have teemed with tenements to house the new industrial proletariat, but on spacious new avenues in the city centres, people strolled proudly past magnificent bourgeois residences. The economy was booming, the aristocracy and the military enjoyed unlimited social prestige, and most of the population revered the Kaiser. Through some 800 color pictures, this book presents turn-of-the-century Germany as it liked to see herself: self-confident, glittering, patriotic but also with a belief in progress and – for those who could afford it – a cosmopolitan flair. As in the critically acclaimed America 1900 the images are all rare examples of the historical photochrom process, a printing technique that allowed black-and-white photographs to be reproduced in colour. From Ludwig II’s fairy-tale castles in the Bavarian Alps to glamourous bathing resorts on the North Sea and Baltic, the pictures reveal a Germany of optimism, beauty, and transformation. Technical innovations and modern boulevards sit alongside medieval towns, rural traditions, and mystical forests, creating a fascinating and nostalgic panorama of a long lost epoch before the ravages of time and history set in.
9350 Руб.
Isaacson Walter Benjamin Franklin. An American Life
During his 84-year life Benjamin Franklin was America's best scientist, inventor, publisher, business strategist, diplomat, and writer. He was also one of its most practical political thinkers. America's first great publicist, he carefully crafted his own persona, portrayed it in public and polished it for posterity. In this riveting new biography Walter Isaacson provides readers with a full portrait of Franklin's public and private life - his loyal but neglected wife, his bastard son with whom he broke over going to war with England, his endless replacement families and his many amorous, but probably unconsummated, liaisons. But this is not just a biography of Benjamin Franklin but rather a fascinating look at American and European political history at that time. Isaacson examines the run up to the Revolutionary War, the intimate relations between Britain, France and the colonies and the decisive events that led to America's independence. Just as David McCullough brought life to the historic figure of John Adams, Isaacson portrays Franklin in the flesh, showing readers how this radical man helped define America's national character and personality.
3787 Руб.
Rhys Jean Good Morning, Midnight
Jean Rhys's Good Morning Midnight is an unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness and despair in her quest for self-determination In 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is very like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy and has come to France to find courage and seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde. Jean Rhys was a talent before her time with an impressive ability to express the anguish of young women. In Good Morning, Midnight Rhys created the powerfully modern portrait of Sophia Jansen, whose emancipation is far more painful and complicated than she could expect, but whose confession is flecked with triumph and elation.
2477 Руб.