«La tour s'offre au monde entier... Symbole universel de Paris... Du Midwest à l'Australie, pas un voyage en France ne soit pas fait, en quelque sorte, au nom de la Tour.» - Roland Barthes Lorsqu'en 1889, Gustave Eiffel acheva sa tour en fer forgée, construite sur le Champ de Mars à Paris, pour l'Exposition universelle, il affirma qu'elle était la plus haute du monde. Même si, 41 ans plus tard, le Chrysler Building la dépassa en taille, la tour Eiffel n'a rien perdu de sa noblesse: autorisée à l'origine à ne demeurer que 20 ans, la Tour est finalement devenue un monument permanent qui attire irrésistiblement le regard dans le ciel parisien. Imposante de jour, scintillante la nuit, elle n'a cessé de fasciner francophiles et amoureux, écrivains, artistes et rêveurs du monde entier et accueille près de 7 millions de visiteurs par an.
Réalisée à partir de l'édition limitée du folio d'origine publié par Gustave Eiffel en personne, cette nouvelle édition TASCHEN retrace le projet et la réalisation de cette remarquable construction. Pas à pas, un étage après l'autre, la forme emblématique voulue par Eiffel se dessine à travers les planches reproduites en double- page, les croquis minutieux et les photographies d'époque présentés dans cette édition, qui comprend en complément de nouvelles images et des précisions supplémentaires sur le contexte historique. Le résultat constitue autant une mine d'informations sur ce trésor d'architecture vintage qu'il offre une compréhension unique des idées à l'oeuvre derrière ce monument.
Si Paris est une ville dense moins bien dotée que d'autres capitales en " espaces verts ", peu nombreuses sont, en revanche, les grandes villes qui, du fait de leur histoire et de leur climat, peuvent se prévaloir d'une aussi riche variété de jardins. Le pittoresque y côtoie la géométrie, les conceptions les plus modernes voisinent avec les tracés et les manières anciennes, et les essences exotiques ont été si bien acclimatées qu'elles sont devenues communes. Ceci sans oublier les innombrables jardins privés, tantôt réduits à une jardinière sur un balcon, tantôt vastes et secrets. Tel est le prodige qu'une culture bi-millénaire a réussi à accomplir : Paris en ses jardins n'est pas moins superbe qu'en ses rues, ses places et ses palais, et Paris sans ses jardins ne serait pas la capitale la plus visitée du monde.
The Parisian cafe is an integral part of the city's daily life no matter the weather, the time of day or year, the mood or neighbourhood. It is the spirit of the cafe , the dance of the waiters, the camaraderie of the patrons, the perpetual movement and joy, that brings Joanie Osburn to share a dollop of history, a shot of insight, and a boatload of images that celebrate the Paris cafe as a cultural heritage worth celebrating and preserving.
Cafe Society: Time Suspended, The Cafes, & Bistros of Paris is neither a history book nor a cookbook, but a non-traditional travel guide, coffee table, and lifestyle book about a treasured lifestyle. Osburn's unique perspective, honed over many decades as an American in Paris exploring and capturing images of cafe society, captivates and amuses with anecdotes and insider recommendations.
Cafe Society: Time Suspended, The Cafe s, and Bistros of Paris is a book that matters now as the world reopens and eager travellers return to Paris. The spirit of the cafe brings Joanie Osburn to share a dollop of history, a shot of insight, and a boatload of images that celebrate the Paris cafe as a cultural heritage worth preserving.
Post-war Paris brought a blossoming of culture and thought. The Nouvelle Vague transformed French cinema, young couturiers reinvigorated French fashion, existentialism flourished in literature and philosophy, and the city swung and swayed to a vibrant jazz and rock 'n' roll scene. In the middle of it all, was Paul Almasy.
The well-travelled photojournalist, born in Hungary, had made Paris his hometown and spent his days and nights wandering its alleys, avenues, and after-hours bars. Through his photographs, we visit the old markets and artist's studios, its music joints and glamorous cafes, but also the burgeoning banlieues, where immigrant workers were housed in high-rise apartment blocks in peripheral and isolated locations.
Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards, alleys and hidden places. Whether evoking the cool of a deserted church on a hot summer's day, remembering Notre Dame in a winter storm in 1940, describing chestnut trees lit up at night like 'Japanese lanterns' or lamenting the passing of street cries and old buildings, his book is filled with unforgettable imagery. It is a meditation on getting lost and wasting time, and on what it truly means to know a city.
Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a nearly twodecade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly belongings into three suitcases, he arrived, hopes high, at his new apartment in the lively Bastille neighborhood. But he soon discovered it's a different world en France.From learning the ironclad rules of social conduct to the mysteries of men's footwear, from shopkeepers who work so hard not to sell you anything to the etiquette of working the right way around the cheese plate, here is David's story of how he came to fall in love withyes'>#8212;and even understandyes'>#8212;this glorious, yet sometimes maddening, city.When did he realize he had morphed into un vrai parisien? It might have been when he found himself considering a purchase of men's dress socks with cartoon characters on them. Or perhaps the time he went to a bank with 135 euros in hand to make a 134euro payment, was told the bank had no change that day, and thought it was completely normal. Or when he found himself dressing up to take out the garbage because he had come to accept that in Paris appearances and image mean everything. The more than fifty original recipes, for dishes both savory and sweet, such as Pork Loin with Brown Sugaryes'>#8211;Bourbon Glaze, Braised Turkey in Beaujolais Nouveau wih Prunes, Bacon and Bleu Cheese Cake, ChocolateCoconut Marshmallows, Chocolate Spice Bread, LemonGlazed Madeleines, and Mochayes'>#8211;Cryes'>#232;me Frayes'>#238;che Cake, will have readers running to the kitchen once they stop laughing. The Sweet Life in Paris is a deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights, cheese, chocolate, and other confections.
''Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it'' - DIANA HENRY ''Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing - this book will get you hooked'' - YOTAM OTTOLENGHI The nation''s ''taster in chief'' cycles 2,300 km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes. Agreen bike drunkenly weaves its way up a cratered hill inthe late-morning sun, the gears grinding painfully, like apepper mill running on empty. The rider crouched on top in arictus of pain has slowed to a gravity-defying crawl when, fromsomewhere nearby, the whine of a nasal engine breaks through her ragged breathing. A battered van appears behind her, the customary cigarettedangling from its driver''s-side window... as he passes, she casually reaches down for some water,smiling broadly in the manner of someone having almost toomuch fun. ''No sweat,'' she says jauntily to his retreating exhaustpipe. ''Pas de probleme, monsieur.'' A land of glorious landscapes, and even more glorious food, France is a place built for cycling and for eating, too - a country large enough to give any journey an epic quality, but with a bakery on every corner. Here, you can go from beach to mountain, Atlantic to Mediterranean, polder to Pyrenees, and taste the difference every time you stop for lunch. If you make it to lunch, that is... Part travelogue, part food memoir, all love letter to France, One More Croissant for the Road follows ''the nation''s taster in chief'' Felicity Cloake''s very own Tour de France, cycling 2,300km across France in search of culinary perfection; from Tarte Tatin to Cassoulet via Poule au Pot, and Tartiflette. Each of the 21 ''stages'' concludes with Felicity putting this new found knowledge to good use in a fresh and definitive recipe for each dish - the culmination of her rigorous and thorough investigative work on behalf of all of our taste buds.
Paris is the city of chic-and as such, its innate style shines throughout the city, even in the simplest spaces. Quaint bistros, picturesque alleyways, artists' studios and unique characters are elevated to a modern-day genre painting when set in Paris. From skateboarders to antiquarians, this volume is a glimpse into Parisian life, as if peering over the edge of the balcony at your own pied-a-terre.
Collaboratively, author Alexandra Senes and photographer Oliver Pilcher open the doors to some of the most sophisticated homes in Paris, sharing an intimate portrait of various families. The quiet, daily moments of Parisian life are eternalized through Pilcher's lens. Monuments don't make a city; the people do.
A window on the world's most stylish city, with profiles of 20 diverse and inspiring Parisian women accompanied by gorgeous full-colour photographs by model and fashion designer Jeanne Damas, and Lauren Bastide, former editor-in-chief of French Elle. "We've always been crazy in love with this city. . . We love its arrogance, its clumsiness, its simplicity. And especially the women who live here." In Paris dispels the myth that there is only one type of Parisian woman, and offers a rare glimpse of the city that real Parisiennes live in - taking us into their homes, their careers, their style - and what being Parisian means to them. Profiles of twenty real-life women of Paris - artists, activists, booksellers, and filmmakers, aged fourteen to seventy, living in tiny attic studios, grand apartments, or houseboats - are accompanied by more than 100 full-colour photographs by Jeanne herself as well as tips on secret Parisian hideaways and the French art de vivre : from the five types of red wine to order depending on the occasion, and the bars to drink them in, to the best red lipsticks, and places to be kissed. Witty, elegant, and modern, In Paris reveals the secret to living like a Parisian, wherever and whoever you are. 'I loved it - so French and so cool' Alexandra Fullerton, author of How to Dress 'For many admirers, it is Ms. Damas who represents the ultimate in French girl chic . . . . Her new book serves as a love letter to Paris . . . [and] is sprinkled with quirky, authoritative guidelines on Paris living' Wall Street Journal
Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it''s the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who''s trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that''s a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their laissez-faire parenting, chic style, haute cuisine, and enviable home cooking: they barely seem to be trying, yet the results are world-famous, thanks to a certain je ne sais quoi that is the key to a more creative, fulfilling, and productive life. For fans of both Mark Manson''s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Alain de Botton''s How Proust Can Change Your Life, philosopher Ollivier Pourriol''s book draws on the examples of such French legends as Descartes, Stendhal, Rodin, Cyrano de Bergerac and Francoise Sagan to show how to be efficient a la francaise, and how to effortlessly reap the rewards.
C'est l'évènement culturel majeur de 2021 : après le temps long de sa rénovation, l'Hôtel de la Marine ouvre ses portes au public. Ce monument exceptionnel, rendu aux Parisiens est l'un des sites touristiques majeurs de la capitale, place de la Concorde. Cet album abondamment illustré, permet de découvrir l'ampleur des travaux réalisés dans l'ancien Garde-Meuble de la Couronne par le Centre des monuments nationaux, ayant permis de restaurer un cadre somptueux et majeur dans l'organisation de la vie politique française : on pourra notamment y découvrir la spectaculaire verrière de l'architecte Hugh Dutton au-dessus de la cour de l'Intendant, la redécouverte de décors du XVIIIe siècle, la restauration méticuleuse des modénatures de Gabriel, la création d'un parcours de visite et d'un remeublement réalisé notamment grâce au Mobilier national. L'hôtel de la Marine accueille également la Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage, ainsi que les chefs d'oeuvres de la collection Al Thani qui seront révélés au public.
Une place. Un architecte. Un roi. La rencontre des trois permit à l'édifice de voir le jour : Louis XV fit le choix d'une place royale, confiée à Jacques-Ange Gabriel, premier architecte du Roi. Après avoir accueilli le Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, il abrita le secrétariat d'État à la marine après la Révolution pour devenir l'Hôtel de la Marine. Désaffecté en 2005, il vit sa destinée confiée au CMN.
Alexandre Gady, éminent spécialiste de l'architecture, propose de faire découvrir un monument remarquable de l'histoire de France.
Janine Marsh lives in northern France with her husband and myriad pets. She is unable to resist a stray animal, and the word is out. She works from a converted pig sty when she's not travelling around France doing research for her websit
Le travail du couple d'artistes Christo (né en 1935) et Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) résiste à la moindre catégorisation. À mi-chemin entre l'art, l'aménagement urbain, l'architecture et l'ingénierie, il relève avant tout d'une esthétique unique: des interventions surréalistes et féériques sur l'environnement qui ont magnifié indifféremment monuments, parcs publics et centres du pouvoir.
Cet ouvrage compact parcourt l'intégralité de la carrière du couple d'artistes qui sont nés exactement le même jour, se sont rencontrés à Paris, sont tombés amoureux l'un de l'autre et ont formé un binôme créatif à nul autre pareil. Richement illustré, le livre évoque les premiers projets de Christo et Jeanne-Claude dans les années 1950 et s'achève par le projet The Floating Piers qui sera installé sur le lac Iseo en Italie, en 2016. Il rend hommage à toutes les plus célèbres interventions du couple sur l'environnement, telles que The Gates à Central Park, à New York, et Wrapped Reichstag (Le Reichstag empaqueté) à Berlin, tout en comprenant des documents inédits, inconnus du grand public, comme des dessins de jeunesse et des photos de famille.
Are the French masters at self-promotion, or is there really something behind all that bravado ? From fashion to food to the art of seduction - why do we all want their je ne sais quoi ? And, sacrebleu, how do we get it ?With tongue-in-cheek humor, this savvy guide takes us on a tour de France rich in history, anecdotes, and crème-de-la-crème addresses. The authors introduce us to seven French tribes and divulge their most enviable Gallic secrets, from what to take to dinner and why you should never arrive on time, to why written correspondence - from the thank you note to the sexy text - is everything.Covering wardrobe essentials and personal style advice, cult houseware products and infallible recipes, life-enhancing customs and faux pas to avoid, this indispensable guide filled with insider scoops unlocks - at last - the secrets for celebrating la vie en rose.
Best known for her role as Helen Herriot in BBC Television's ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (for which she was awarded THE VARIETY CLUB TELEVISION PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARD), Carol Drinkwater has enjoyed a long and distinguished caree
A visual dual tribute to the Big Apple and the City of Lights is a full-length volume that builds on the author's popular online travel journal by the same name and complements juxtaposed graphics with lighthearted taglines that celebrate the special details of each city. 40,000 first printing.
The first fashion monograph on Marcel Rochas, a key twentieth-century women's wear designer, written by his daughter. Fashion designer Marcel Rochas (1902-1955) made considerable and enduring contributions to the world of fashion; his legacy has inspired a range of contemporary designers. In this lavish monograph, his daughter, Sophie Rochas, provides an intimate first-hand account that includes her childhood memories and rare access to the family's private archives. She provides insight into her father's talents as an innovative designer, communications genius, revered socialite, attentive father, and demanding husband, as well as the style influences that inspired him.Rochas's trademarks included exaggerated shoulders, the wasp-waisted bodice, a strapless girdle that defined the female silhouette of the '40s and '50s, a judicious combination of fabrics, contrasting prints, his Sirène gown, and the Oiseau dress. His myriad creations were favored by many starlets, including Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, and Danielle Darrieux, both on-screen and off.This lavishly illustrated work includes family photographs, portraits by the great fashion photographers, his iconic perfume bottles, and his most significant women's wear creations. During his thirty-year career, he opened two couture houses, employed an army of workers, and created innumerable pieces that have since become milestones in the history of women's wear.
