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Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… health than those of the understanding.’ 3 In their periodical, read by both men and women in places belonging to the public sphere and in those that were part of the private one, the role of women in the creation of a new model of … of reappropriating one’s body and of accepting it: it was part of a shared experience, even if not all ailments could be publicly discussed, in particular, gynaecological disorders. 9 Nonetheless, talks in the Pump Room did not only revolve … The Althone Press, 1990): over 138 spas were identified. 7 . The practice became widespread in Bath following the publication of Dr William Oliver’s A Practical Dissertation on the Bath Waters (1704). 8 . See Annick Cossic-Péricarpin, …
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Pleasure gardens [ Sports & Leisure ]
… the Musick playing’, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1755. Abstract Pleasure gardens were a type of eighteenth-century public spaces which offered diverse forms of entertainment for their visitors. Their spatial design coincided with the growth of the public sphere and fostered disparate forms of social interactions on their premises. Related to the growing … spatial organisation and the activities one could witness or participate in highlighted the growing importance of the public sphere which, in turn, fostered disparate forms of sociability. Drawing on a modified formal and geometric design, …
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Dress [ Clothing & Fashion / Taste & Manners ]
… of social communication: a means by which to impress one’s social circle and gain their admiration. Dress was a means of public exposure, a visual and imitable symbol of rank, wealth and refinement, which in its imitation, and as a result … particular social company meant that certain modes of fashionable attire were established, especially at court and other public events, and these were always reflective of the individual’s social rank and wealth. With dress intrinsically … of social communication: a means by which to impress one’s social circle and gain their admiration. Dress was a means of public exposure, a visual and imitable symbol of rank, wealth and refinement, which in its imitation, and as a result …
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Portraitists' studios [ Sports & Leisure / Institutions ]
Art | Children | Commerce | Conversation | Exhibitions | Fashion | Portrait | Women
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Ascot [ Games & Sports / Sports & Leisure ]
… jusqu’au vendredi, jour où la qualité et l’intérêt des courses étaient moindres en raison du départ progressif du public. 7 . La première publication de ce calendrier sous le titre de Historical List, or Account of All the Horse-Matches Run, and of all the … croissant de visiteurs et de participants. Ceci favorisa la construction d’emplacements, notamment des tribunes, pour le public et parmi celles-ci, le Royal Stand, ou Royal Box, 11 dont les changements furent nombreux comme l’attestent les …
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Beau Nash [ Fashion ]
… Allen, and tried to alleviate poverty and misery: ‘his generosity and charity in private life, was as great as that in publick, and indeed far more considerable than his little income would admit’ (Goldsmith 233). Yet he also associated … that kept him there. He discovered his penchant for management and his character was well suited to the profitable publicity Bath presented. In his new capacity as Master of Ceremonies, he set out to define the principles of spa … son of a Welsh gentleman, Nash had also inherited some of the features of the chivalric code of behaviour. He built the public image of a protector of damsels in distress and inexperienced youths. 8 This was an aspect of his general policy …
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Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire [ Aristocracy / Fashion ]
Correspondence | Fashion | Fiction | Gambling | Politics | Suicide
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