Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1861) from a Series related to Genji. Edo Epoch, 1843-1847. Paris, musée Guimet, gift of Tadashi Goino, 2003, MA7318.©RMN-Grand Palais (Musée Guimet, Paris)/Michel Urtado. Photo courtesy Musée Guimet. Handout via […]
Paris, France —Cutting-edge craftsmanship and extraordinary gemstones come together in the collections of haute couture jewelry from the house of Cindy Chao The Art Jewel. For example her Spring Cardamom Brooches feature […]
Paris, France — The wondrous world of natural lacquer is unfolding on the Left Bank of the Seine at the Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval. Beautiful pieces of hand-crafted jewelry, objects and furniture invite […]
Paris, France — It was a forgotten age, yet a golden age for the decorative arts, for theatre, music and all around comfort. The highly ornamental Rococo style would begin to emerge […]
The winter solstice is just beyond us in the northern hemisphere as the days grow longer and the sun emerges from its lowest point in the sky to continue to climb high […]
Paris, France — Pataphysics. Not your average everyday word. But it has wended its way into an exhibition currently underway at the Musée Carnavalet-Histoire de Paris museum which traces the history of […]
Paris, France — For Ernest Hemingway, Paris was famously a moveable feast. And an exhibition currently being played out at the Conciergerie in Paris enticingly takes a look at what is regarded […]
Versailles, France — Her name was Jeanne. Jeanne Bécu. She was born a commoner in 1743 and would die on the guillotine in 1793 in Paris. She would rise from her humble […]
With A Gourmet Gazette Slide Show at the End of the Article Meaux, Paris — This is a journey through the history of France and beyond as seen from the small city […]
Armchair Traveling with The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France —It’s hard to imagine that people once made their way in and around Paris on a wooden dugout canoe, but they did. That was […]
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