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Tuesday’s News and Flappers: July 10th, 2012

10 Tuesday Jul 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Canada

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Gazette, George Barbier, Globe & Mail, Le Devoir, Le Monde diplomatique, National Post, New York Times, WordPress

George Barbier  (1882 -1932)
Éventails – Fans, a theatre balcony in Paris during an interval, 1924 illustration
(used with permission from Art Resource, NY)
 
I would like to wish all of you a fine day.  Here, the weather is lovely. 
 
English
The Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html
The National Post: http://www.nationalpost.com/index.html
The Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/
The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
Le Monde diplomatique: http://mondediplo.com/ EN
 
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/news/
CTV News: http://www.ctvnews.ca/
 
French
Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/
Le Monde: http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/ FR
Le Devoir: http://www.ledevoir.com/
La Presse: http://www.lapresse.ca/
 
German 
Die Welt: http://www.welt.de/  
 
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10 July 2012
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Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément…

10 Tuesday Jul 2012

Posted by michelinewalker in Art, Fashion

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Arts and Crafts Movement, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, Georges Barbier, Morris, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Wikipedia, William Morris

En effeuillant la marguerite

A new day has dawned that has a purer taste.  I am therefore featuring another George Barbier illustration for its youthfulness.  I am also featuring textile designs by William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896), a British designer, writer, printer: the Kelmscott Chaucer, a close friend of Sir Edward Burne-Jones: a man of many talents.

Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément…

In Barbier’s illustration, the Lady wonders whether he loves her un peu, beaucoup or passionnément…

When I was very young, long before I was interested in men, I would pick the petals off daisies.  The last petal told me an imaginary truth.  It’s a lovely memory, but it was another age.  An age when you waited for the gentleman to phone you.  An age when you were afraid he would turn his back on you if you showed your true feelings.

I am glad times have changed.  A woman should be able to phone a man and suggest a date.  But I miss picking at a daisy and I would like to wear that dress, but not to walk in the countryside.  I would wear it to walk in a beautifully manicured garden with little paths.

According to Wikipedia, William Morris was a “libertarian socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. He founded a design firm in partnership with the artist Edward Burne-Jones, and the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti.”  I have featured works by William Morris in other posts.

As for George Barbier (1882-1932), he was a French illustrator.  The work shown above is entitled “N’en dites rien,” (Do not say a word about it).  It was featured in an exclusive fashion magazine called: La Gazette du Bon Ton, in 1913.  “Bon ton” means good taste.

George Barbier is featured with permission from Art Resource, NY.  As for the samples of textile designed by Mr Morris, Wikipedia was my source.

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9 July 2012
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