French Riviera and Its Artists : Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d'Azur.
Title:
French Riviera and Its Artists : Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d'Azur.
Author:
Baxter, John.
ISBN:
9781938450808
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Intro The Sky-Blue Coast -- Chapter 1. Of Time and Light: The Rational Eye of Paul Cézanne -- Chapter 2. Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Naked Among the Olives -- Chapter 3. Henri Matisse: The Brush and the Blades -- Chapter 4. Dying to Write: D.H. Lawrence and the Literary Invalids -- Chapter 5. Frank Harris: A Life of Love and Lies -- Chapter 6. Traveling Hopefully: The Blue Train -- Chapter 7. Coco Chanel: The Inventor of Everything -- Chapter 8. To Dance and Die: Ballet on the Riviera -- Chapter 9. Many Fêtes: The Hôtel du Cap and Tender is the Night -- Chapter 10. Villa Noailles: Cement, Celluloid and Surrealism -- Chapter 11. Pierre Bonnard: Always Afternoon -- Chapter 12. Britons Behaving Badly: Somerset and all the Maughams -- Chapter 13. Pablo Picasso: In a Season of Calm Weather -- Chapter 14. "The Walls Speak for Me": Jean Cocteau and the Villa Santo-Sospir -- Chapter 15. Marc Chagall: An Angel in His Head -- Chapter 16. And St. Tropez was Created: The Rise and Further Rise of Brigitte Bardot -- CHAPTER 17. Graham Greene: The Dangerous Edge -- Chapter 18. Monte Carlo: A Sunny Place for Shady People -- Chapter 19. To Catch a Thief: Crime in the Sun -- Chapter 20. Following the Sun: The Victorine Studios -- Chapter 21. Red Carpets and Golden Palms: The Cannes Film Festival -- Maps -- Timeline -- Art Gallery -- List of Sites -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Get swept up in the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera as author and filmmaker John Baxter takes readers on a whirlwind tour through the star-studded cultural history of the Côte d'Azur that's sure to delight travelers, Francophiles, and culture lovers alike. Readers will discover the dramatic lives of the legendary artists, writers, actors, and politicians who frequented the world's most luxurious resort during its golden age. In 25 vivid chapters, Baxter introduces the iconic figures indelibly linked to the South of France-artist Henri Matisse, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel, and many more. Along the way, Baxter takes readers where few people ever get to go: the alluring world of the perfume industry, into the cars and casinos of Monte Carlo, behind-the-scenes at the Cannes Film Festival, to the villa where Picasso and Cocteau smoked opium, and to the hotel where Joseph Kennedy had an affair with Marlene Dietrich. These luminaries celebrated life and created art amid paradise and this book is the ultimate guide to the Riviera's golden age.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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