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Salon (France) The salons of early modern France were social and intellectual gatherings that played an integral role in the cultural development of the country. The salons were seen by contemporary writers as a cultural hub for the upper middle class and aristocracy, responsible for the dissemination of good manners and sociability.
A salon is a gathering of people held by a host. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" (Latin: aut delectare aut prodesse). Salons in the tradition of the French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries are still being conducted. [1]
Elizabeth Arden. Elizabeth Arden (December 31, 1881 – October 18, 1966), also known as Elizabeth N. Graham, [ 2] was a Canadian-American businesswoman who founded what is now Elizabeth Arden, Inc., and built a cosmetics empire in the United States. By 1929, she owned 150 salons in Europe and the United States. [citation needed]
Historiography of the salon. The salons of Early Modern and Revolutionary France played an integral role in the cultural and intellectual development of France. The salons were seen by contemporary writers as a cultural hub, responsible for the dissemination of good manners and sociability. It was not merely manners that the salons supposedly ...
A 1968 magazine ad of Elizabeth Arden in Persian, in Zan-e Rooz. The company was founded as Red Door salon on Fifth Avenue in 1910. [3] Arden's company was then sold to Eli Lilly and Company in 1971 for $38 million ($285,889,893 today).
Jules Henri de Sibour. Architectural style. Tudor Revival. Part of. Sheridan-Kalorama Historic District ( ID89001743 [1]) Added to NRHP. 1989. The French ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. is located at 2221 Kalorama Road, N.W., in the Kalorama neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. [2] [3]
French art salons and academies. From the seventeenth century to the early part of the twentieth century, artistic production in France was controlled by artistic academies which organized official exhibitions called salons. In France, academies are institutions and learned societies which monitor, foster, critique and protect French cultural ...
The Great Spa Towns of Europe is a transnational World Heritage Site consisting of a selection of 11 spa towns across seven European countries. They were developed around natural mineral water springs. [1] [2] From the early 18th century to the 1930s, Western Europe experienced an increase in spa and bathing culture, leading to the construction ...