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10 09, 2021

French Graphic Poetry: painting with words

By |2021-09-10T10:41:50+10:00Sep 10, 2021|2 Comments

Apollinaire (1880 –1918) was a well-known French poet, writer and art critic. He was one of the first artists to represent a new movement of visual art and literature - surrealism. The goal of this movement was to rise above the normal vision of the world and to reach its essence.

22 05, 2013

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a haven for French artists – Part two

By |2013-05-24T15:40:51+10:00May 22, 2013|2 Comments

After the Liberation, Saint-Germain-des-Prés took up jazz, singing and theatre, and served as a backdrop in French cinema. Certain figures mythified the quarter which, since the 60s, had been transforming itself into a ‘spoilt rich-kid’ quarter.

22 05, 2013

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, le quartier général des artistes français – Part two

By |2023-03-23T14:20:28+11:00May 22, 2013|0 Comments

Après la Libération, Saint-Germain-des-Prés se met au jazz, à la chanson, au théâtre et sert de décor au cinéma français. Des figures mythifient le quartier qui se transforme dès les années 1960 en quartier de "fils à Papa".

13 05, 2013

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, le quartier général des artistes français – Part one

By |2023-03-23T14:20:55+11:00May 13, 2013|0 Comments

Le café de Flore, les Deux Magots et le Lipp, inaugurés dans les années 1880 et situés sur le célèbre boulevard Saint-Germain à Paris, sont à l’origine de l'effervescence artistique et intellectuelle qui s’y épanouit dès la fin du XIXème siècle, cercles et prix littéraires émergeant de ces cafés.

13 05, 2013

Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a haven for French artists – Part one

By |2014-06-26T10:50:10+10:00May 13, 2013|0 Comments

Café de Flore, les Deux Magots and Le Lipp, built in the 1880s and located on Paris’ famous Boulevard Saint-Germain are the cornerstones of the artistic and intellectual vivacity that spread in the 19th century.

14 03, 2013

Révolutions françaises, part three: Charles Baudelaire et la poésie moderne

By |2016-10-06T01:54:18+11:00Mar 14, 2013|1 Comment

Au XIXème siècle se produisent de grands changements dans la conception de la poésie, qui conduisent ensuite au passage à la poésie moderne. Retour sur le rôle du grand poète Charles Baudelaire dans cette révolution française.

14 03, 2013

French Revolutions, part three: Charles Baudelaire and modern poetry

By |2013-04-26T00:17:57+10:00Mar 14, 2013|2 Comments

Charles Baudelaire, the great literary figure of the nineteenth century, is an author known by all. Along with Victor Hugo and Arthur Rimbaud, he is considered to be one of the greatest French writers in history. But what exactly were his literary feats?

28 09, 2012

Villefranche-sur-Mer: A petit bijou on the French Riviera

By |2013-04-23T02:49:37+10:00Sep 28, 2012|0 Comments

Very little on the Côte d’Azur is undiscovered. The deep-water harbour is ideal for cruise ships and day-trippers are off-loaded en masse during the peak summer season. It gets busy. Nonetheless, Villefranche somehow manages to guard its small fishing village atmosphere.

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