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Paris 1924

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Author : Nicholas Whitlam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09-23

Paris 1924 written by Nicholas Whitlam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-23 with categories.

What was it like to visit Paris one hundred years ago, in 1924, when it was the most exciting city in the world? What were the good places to eat and drink? Where was the nightlife? What were the "Chariots of Fire" Olympics really like? What has changed and what is still there? Americans flocked to a city where there was no Prohibition and little inhibition. The arts flourished, negritude was celebrated and non-conformity accepted. What did Chanel, Picasso, Hemingway and the rest get up to? All this and more is swept up and revealed in "Paris 1924: A Guide" - an amusing, insightful and sometimes salacious guide and paean to almost everyone's favourite city.

Paris 1924

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Author : James Kostelniuk
language : en
Publisher: Devine Destinies
Release Date : 2015-08-15

Paris 1924 written by James Kostelniuk and has been published by Devine Destinies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-15 with Fiction categories.

In the summer of 1924, the City of Light is a vortex of hedonism and creative energy, drawing people from around the world to a celebration that lasts a decade. Lady Penelope Young, disenfranchised by her wealthy aristocratic parents, has fallen in love with American foreign-correspondent Herbert Spencer, who was wounded and made impotent in the Great War. Paris is a feast of food and drink, and together they enjoy making the rounds of smoky jazz clubs, sidewalk cafes, parks and museums. They're close but not intimate, she being frustrated by his impotence. He has a strict traditional view of marriage and sexuality-she is more free-spirited, adventurous and open-minded. He dreams of being a great novelist-she supports his dream. He publishes a novel, moves to the Riviera and continues writing. She stays in Paris and visits him occasionally. He recovers from his war wound-they make love, but he disappoints her deeply by falling instead for the wealthy Irish heiress, Laura O'Hara, a bisexual still involved with an African/American exotic dancer named Wanda Jones. After he marries Laura O'Hara, Herbert Spencer is overtaken by a dynamic sexual energy and an imagination far greater than his own. To make matters worse, Laura persuades him to bring her former lover, Wanda, into their marriage. Penelope's hopes are raised when she learns that Spencer's marriage is competitive, confused and unhappy. When she inherits a fortune after her father's death, she buys a yacht and makes an elaborate plan to get him back. Can she succeed?"

Paris 1924

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Author : Nicholas Whitlam
language : en
Publisher: Brio Books Pty Ltd
Release Date : 2022-06-07

Paris 1924 written by Nicholas Whitlam and has been published by Brio Books Pty Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with History categories.

What was it like to visit Paris a century ago in 1924 when it was the most exciting city in the world? Where were the best places to eat? Where was the nightlife? Who might you expect to meet? And what were the fabled 'Chariots of Fire' Olympics really like? What has changed ... and indeed what is still there? Americans flocked to a city where there was no Prohibition and little inhibition. The arts flourished. Convention was challenged the new celebrated and non-conformity accepted. What did Chanel, Picasso and Hemingway and the rest get up to? All of this and more is swept up and revealed in Paris 1924 an amusing insightful and sometimes salacious guide to one of the world's greatest — and most beloved — cities.

Paris 1924

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Author : Manfred Bergman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018

Paris 1924 written by Manfred Bergman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.

This is the fourth part of the article that looks at the 1924 Olympic Games philately, and the few enigma that still remain unresolved.

Paris 1924

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Author : Caroline Vout
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-07-15

Paris 1924 written by Caroline Vout and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-15 with Art categories.

Sheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in ancient Greece to their modern transformation into a visually powerful event on the world stage, the Olympics have retained their unique place in sport and culture. The summer of 2024 will see the Olympics return to Paris after a century; the 1924 Olympics, arguably the first truly international games, were the first to transmit live radio broadcasts and the first to have an Olympic village. Published to coincide with the Paris Olympics of 2024, Paris 1924 accompanies a major exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. This book explores the Olympic games from a visual perspective, investigating the tensions between their classical beginnings and their representation in 1924 and across the modern era. How were the 1924 Olympics shaped by the visual culture of the period? And how, in turn, were the arts shaped by them? From plaster casts of fifth-century BCE athletic statues to Hollywood cinema, and from classic portraits of the protagonists to more abstract art, Paris 1924 brings together painting, sculpture, film, photography, posters, letters, medals, and other memorabilia to tell a story of sporting endeavor that equally mirrored and shaped its times. Issues of gender, race, and class, as well as an exploration of celebrity and spectatorship, show that the debate around sport was as complex and momentous in the past as it is today. The book includes essays by specialists from the fields of classics, art history, French history, sports history, and medicine, each of whom will focus on key themes in the exhibition and key protagonists in the Olympic story. The subject matter will appeal to fans of both art and sports and tap into the enthusiasm for all things Olympic in 2024.

Ephemeral Material From The Paris 1924 Olympic Games

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924

Ephemeral Material From The Paris 1924 Olympic Games written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Olympic Games categories.

Viii Olympiad

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Author : Ellen Phillips
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2015-11-18

Viii Olympiad written by Ellen Phillips and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.

The VIII Olympiad, the eighth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins in the most extraordinary of cities at a most extraordinary time: Paris in the 1920s. Now the stuff of legend, it was a place where the likes of Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce and Pablo Picasso discussed art and culture in the cafes by day and danced in the jazz clubs long into the night. Played out in front of this dazzling backdrop, the Games of Paris 1924 created its own legends. Paavo Nurmi, the Flying Finn, cemented his status as the most dominant distance runner of the age, claiming five gold medals in individual and team competition. In the pool, a 20-year-old American named Johnny Weissmuller won three golds in swimming and a bronze in water polo, while also winning acclaim for his chiselled physique. Weissmuller would go on to parlay his Olympic fame into a long Hollywood acting career playing Tarzan the Ape Man.The focus then shifts to 1928 and the second Winter Olympic Games, held in the luxurious French resort town of St. Moritz. The book paints a picture of exuberant crowds cheering as fearless sledders pilot primitive bobsleighs down the treacherous Cresta run, and urging the Swedish lumberjack Per Erik Hedlund through the slush for close to five hours to win the 50-kilometre cross-country ski race. It also tells the story of a smiling, 16-year-old figure skater from Norway named Sonja Henie, the unrivaled star of St. Moritz, who floated effortlessly between soft spots in the ice to win gold. Like Weissmuller four years earlier, Henie's Olympic triumph would also lead to Hollywood stardom. Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.

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