Flammarion strana 12 z 14

La Confession d'un enfant du siecle

The simplest and most indispensable of tools, the pocket knife has existed in the form we know today for centuries. From the most basic pivoting blade to modern creations using high-tech alloys, knives have long been true collector's items. "Collectible Pocket Knives," featuring over 500 color photographs, is a mine of information covering knives of all sorts, from the most valuable and precious collector's items to more commonly found models. Each photograph is accompanied by a short text explaining the significance of every knife displayed. Whether you are a novice or the proud owner of a fine set of knives, this book is the perfect source of new ideas for your collection.

The simplest and most indispensable of tools, the pocket knife has existed in the form we know today for centuries. From the most basic pivoting blade to modern creations using high-tech alloys, knives have long been true collector's items. "Collectible Pocket Knives," featuring over 500 color photographs, is a mine of information covering knives of all sorts, from the most valuable and precious collector's items to more commonly found models. Each photograph is accompanied by a short text explaining the significance of every knife displayed. Whether you are a novice or the proud owner of a fine set of knives, this book is the perfect source of new ideas for your collection.

" Voyez Claude Gueux. Cerveau bien fait, coeur bien fait sans nul doute. Mais le sort le met dans une société si mal faite qu'il finit par voler. La société le met dans une prison si mal faite qu'il finit par tuer. Qui est réellement coupable ? Est-ce lui ? Est-ce nous ? " Tout a la fois prolongement du Dernier jour d'un condamné et préfiguration des Misérables, Claude Gueux raconte l'histoire d'un pauvre diable emprisonné pour avoir volé du pain, et guillotiné pour avoir assassiné le directeur des ateliers de sa prison : voila comment la société fait d'un pere de famille un voleur, et d'un voleur un meurtrier. Inspiré d'un fait divers, ce récit sobre et poignant est un ardent plaidoyer contre la peine de mort et les malfaçons d'une société qui ne répond a la misere que par la répression.

Histoires Grotesques et Serieuses

Histoires Extraordinaires

Une ambiance de fte rgne la cour de François Ier. Le roi s'encanaille : il boit et rit des railleries de son bouffon Triboulet, qui l'incite la débauche. Tous ignorent que l'amuseur bossu a une fille, Blanche, un joyau qu'il chérit et tient précieusement éloigné des frasques des courtisans. Mais la vigilance d'un pre ne saurait empcher une malédiction de se réaliser et le roi de convoiter la belle Blanche... Jalousies, complots et vengeances composent un drame écrit en 1832, au cur de la bataille romantique, qui inspira l'un des opéras les plus joués au monde : Rigoletto de Verdi. Le dossier de l'édition étudie la mise en scne de Jean-Luc Boutté la Comédie-Française en 1991 (photos tirées de la représentation, commentaires des acteurs et du metteur en scne).

Contes de vampires

On the centenary of Pierre Cardin’s birth, this volume looks back at the designer’s early career to discover the inspirations behind his later iconic work. Pierre Cardin’s designs were worn by an international elite of beautiful women, from Jackie Kennedy to Lauren Bacall and Jeanne Moreau. A close friend of André Courreges and Paco Rabanne, Cardin revolutionized modern fashion in the mid-1960s, creating iconic designs that continue to resonate today. His many talents and mastery of materials—from fabrics to plastics—extended from haute couture to ready-to-wear, menswear, jewelry, furniture design, perfumes, and accessories, while his business acumen led him to create a business empire that stretched from China to the United States. In this volume, longtime Cardin collaborator Jean-Pascal Hesse shares his intimate knowledge of the designer’s early career in Paris and analyzes the creative influences and partnerships that inspired Cardin to design some of the most emblematic haute couture creations of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the space age–inflected Cosmocorps work, which presciently explored gender fluidity. Drawing from a broad range of sources that Hesse has been gathering for more than two decades, this work features personal recollections from Cardin himself, in addition to numerous previously unpublished photographs and documents recounting his early years in Christian Dior’s studio, his success in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, and his profound interest in Japanese art and design.