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French epistolary novel [ Literary & Artistic genres / Reading & Writing ]
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Conversation [ Communication / Education / Social interaction / Language & Speech ]
… and probably John Penn), c.1744, Victoria and Albert Museum. Image Midnight Modern Conversation (1733), by William Hogarth Image Angellis, Peter, 'Conversation Piece', Tate, T00789, c. 1715-20. Abstract Conversation was a polysemic … conversation also aimed to develop not just knowledge but the mind and critical faculties. Conversations that were part of the fabric of social and familial exchanges were the inspiration for instructional dialogic texts called ‘Familiar … le plus difficile , c’est […] de bien penser sur le sujet qui se presente […] et de sçavoir exprimer chaque chose à part du meilleur ton , et de l’air le plus agréable. 1 1 . Chevalier de Méré, ‘De la Conversation’, in Œuvres, ed. Charles …
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Theory of Painting (1773) [ Concepts ]
… as is suitable to the several characters, is absolutely necessary to a good face-painter: but it is the most difficult part of his art, and the last attained; perhaps it is never so much as thought of by some: all that they aim at is to make such a … upon the minds of the persons drawn; a wise man shall appear with the air of a fop; a man of spirit, and wit, like a smart, or a pretty fellow; a modest ingenious man like a beau, a virtuous lady as a mere coquet. The late Duke of …
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Casanova in London (1763) [ People ]
… it admirably. “Then fetch a violin player,” said Lady Harrington, “that we may have the pleasure of witnessing the young artist’s performance.” The ball had not yet begun, and as soon as the violinist appeared, I stepped forward and danced … son to everybody, but the poor lad looked like a victim, and did nothing but make profound bows. I pitied him from my heart. As soon as I got home I went to bed and spent the whole of the next day there. The day after I went to the “Staven … my name." … Assemblies … Music … Women … Taken from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seinga lt, 1725-1798. Transl. by Arthur Machen. London: Elek Books, 1894, vol. 5, chap. 8. Full text from Project Guntenberg. … Casanova in London (1763) …
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Buckles [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… Image ‘Shoe buckles’, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 83.1.102, late 18th century. Abstract Buckles were used to fasten shoes in the eighteenth century, as well as other articles of clothing such as breeches and hats. Because they were small, metallic and detachable, they offered … quickly went out of fashion in the 1790s, and epitomise many features of the intervening period. They were an essential part of fashionable dress for both men and women, but their significance for eighteenth-century sociability goes deeper …
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Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
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