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Parisian eighteenth-century fortune telling
- June 30, 2018
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Three fascinating accounts of Parisian eighteenth-century fortune-telling and its relationship to established authority and norms. Similar to lotteries and gambling it was seen to be meddling in the domains of fate and divine will: Geri Walton, ‘Parisian Fortune-Tellers in the Eighteenth Century’ – here; Geri Walton, ‘The Great Cartomancer – Mademoiselle Lenormand’ – here;
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Ruskin’s lament – from ‘The Stones of Venice’
- June 13, 2018
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On 12th May, 1797, a year before Casanova died (4th June, 1798), the ancient Republic of Venice capitulated to Napoleon. Immediately he set about sacking the city of as many of its splendours as he could cart back to Paris before handing it over to Austria. By the mid-nineteenth century, although the grand old city -
Life and luxury in 18th century Paris
- May 26, 2018
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18th-century Paris: the capital of luxury, (based on the 2011 Getty exhibition, Paris: life and luxury in the eighteenth century) is a fascinating article and well worth the read - here Highlights of the exhibition - here ‘The Prologue’, and chapters 1 to 6 of ‘Casanova in Paris: The Shadows of the King’ are
