Evian achat 1900 : Belle Epoque sur les rives du lac Léman (ed. Paola Rossi, 2013)

Published to accompany the inaugural exhibition "EVIAN 1900 The Belle Époque on the Shores of Lake Geneva" held at the Maison Gribaldi in Evian, from 30 March to 3 November 2013

Condition Notes: Very good condition, well looked-after book

About this book: In the years preceding the First World War, the spa resort of Evian-les-Bains, experiencing a boom at that time, became the subject of the contrasting and complementary points of view of two amateur photographers. Skilled in the technique of stereoscopy, which allowed images to be reproduced in relief, they captured landscapes, scenes of everyday life, festivals and moments of family intimacy on glass plates. The first of these two photographers, a well-known figure in Evian, favoured subjects such as the life of the town and the villages in the surrounding countryside. The second, a member of the high society that spent the summers in the area, recorded first and foremost the beauty of Lake Geneva and the delights of holidaying in the privileged setting of the Villa Bassaraba dAmphion, the childhood home of the poet Anna de Noailles. Bringing together 200 previously unpublished photographs from the municipal collections, as important culturally and ethnographically as they are artistically, the inaugural exhibition at the Maison Gribaldi and the accompanying catalogue succeed in capturing the atmospher and spirit of the Belle Epoque

Chapters: Foreword; Acknowledgements
Contents
Success is born of thoughts not words
Two photographic collections for one exhibition
Catalogue:
1. Perspectives on the town
2. As the days and seasons passed
3. By the grace of the water
4. Festivities in Evian
5. Villa Bassaraba or the delights of holidaying
6. Around the lake

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