Salons [ Associational culture ]
… Madame Geoffrin en 1755', Musée Carnavalet, G.5402, 1755. Résumé The salon is one of the most recognizable practices of sociability of the French Enlightenment. While scholars continue to debate the relationship of the salons to the … – are gathered in an ornate drawing room to debate the newest literary works and philosophical ideas, and to discuss the political issues of the day. While many of the attendees depicted did in fact attend Geoffrin’s salon at one time or … of the French Enlightenment, was the most famous salon hosted by a man. 14 Madame Necker’s salon immediately conjures political associations because of her husband, Jacques Necker, and one can only assume that her daughter Madame de Staël …
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