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Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… the libertines worked to their advantage, confusing their victims with their hypocrisy, their seductive words and their lies that were condoned by the very precepts that regulated social interaction. 7 . Didier Masseau, 'Le dévoiement des … became the libertines’ weapon of choice to carry out their deeds. Les Liaisons dangereuses ou Lettres recueillies dans une société, et publiées pour l’instruction de quelques autres ( Dangerous Connections: A Series of Letters, …
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Royal Academy of Arts [ Institutions ]
… use of the words ‘cabal’ or ‘junto’ to condemn factions of artists. 13 For James Barry the root of anti-sociability lies in the undemocratic Council, in the structure of the institution proper. 14 The ‘Bonomi affair’ in 1790 is an …
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Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… and social justice in the wake of the Glorious Revolution in England (1688). The principal value of Williams’s works lies in the fact that her perspective on French culture (from the Revolution to the Restoration) was delivered to her …
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