Provence: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury"; The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish"; "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners.; Occitan And The Troubadours; "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French"; Restoring The Language: The Félibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One.;Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages maintain age-old traditions of wine producing and agriculture. From the highland towns of Digne and Sisteron to the marshy expanse of the Camargue, Provence encompasses a rich variety of landscapes. Mart ... Cover Contents Front Matter Title Page Publisher Information Landscapes Of The Imagination Preface Introduction Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling" The Rhône And The Durance: "Poor Bunbury" The Mistral And The Cicada: "I Hear The Symphonist More Than I Could Wish" "Their Fervid Temperament Knows No Control": Dissident Southerners. Occitan And The Troubadours "That Detestable Corruption Of Italian and French" Restoring The Language: The Félibrige "The Rational, Right And Proper Food" "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine Provence Chapter One. The "Babylonian Captivity"The Palace of the Popes: "An Impregnable Fortress, A Luxurious Palace, A Horrible Prison" The Grand Tinel Pope Clement's Feast Painting The Palace Notre-Dame Des Doms "Sur Le Pont d'Avignon": The Pope's Mule The Petit Palais And The Musée Lapidaire The Musée Calvet The Avignon Festival Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon Chapter Two Mont Ventoux Fontaine-De-Vaucluse: Discoursing With Love L'Isle Sur La Sorgue: "Delicious Streams" Salon-De-Provence Orange: "The Most Beautiful Wall" Vaison-La-Romaine Grignan Chapter Three. Van Gogh's Arles: "To Express, With Red And Green, The Terrible Passions Of Humanity"The Arena The Theatre: "Sisters Of Mireille" Place Du Forum And The Cryptoportiques Les Alyscamps The Musée De L'Arles Antique Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare" The Musée Réattu And The Museon Arlaten Montmajour Chapter Four Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into Conflagration" Les Antiques Glanum Saint-Rémy-De-Provence Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage" Chapter Five The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light." The Camargue: "The Verges Of The Earth"Les Saintes-Maries-De-La-Mer: "The Blue Whiteness Of The MilkyWay" Saint-Gilles Aigues-Mortes: "A Bright, Quiet Melancholy" Chapter Six Le Bon Roi René Saint-Sauveur The Burning Bush The Musée Des Tapisseries And The Musée Du Vieil Aix "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample" The Hôtel De Forbin: Royal Views Aix-La-Somnolente Zola's Plassans Cézanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire The Musée Granet Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume Chapter Seven Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks." Vestiges: The Musée d'Histoire De Marseille, Musée Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille CharitéPassing Through Royal Arrivals Plague Pagnol's Vieux-Port The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port Galleys And Prisons The Château d'If "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Sembène Churches And Cathedrals Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation Aubagne And La Treille Souvenirs D'Enfance Cassis: "Brilliant Yellow And Ink Black" L'Estaque: "Masterful Smears And Smudges" Chapter Eight Roussillon Lourmarin Lacoste: "Making A Spectacle Of Oneself " "Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages maintain age-old traditions of wine producing and agriculture. From the highland towns of Digne and Sisteron to the marshy expanse of the Camargue, Provence encompasses a rich variety of landscapes. Martin Garrett explores a region littered with ancient monuments and medieval castles. Looking at the vibrant dockside ambiance of Marseille and the luminous atmosphere of the Lubéron, he considers how writers like Mistral and Daudet have captured the character of a place and its people. He traces the development of Provence as a Roman outpost, medieval kingdom and modern region of France, revealing through its landmarks the people and events that have shaped its often tumultuous history. Through its architecture, literature and popular culture, this book analyzes and celebrates the identity of a region famous for its pastis and pétanque. Linking the past to the present, it also evokes the intense light and sun-baked stones that have attracted generations of painters and writers"--EBL The Basque Country is a land of fascinating paradoxes and enigmas. Home to one of Europe's oldest peoples and most mysterious languages, with a living folklore rich in archaic rituals and dances, it also boasts a dynamic post-modern energy, with the reinvention of Bilbao creating a model for the twenty-first-century city of cultural services and information technologies. Hugging the elbow of the Bay of Biscay on both the French and Spanish sides of the Pyrenees, this small territory abounds in big contrasts, ranging from moist green valleys to semi-desert badlands, from snowy sierras to sandy beaches, from harsh industrial landscapes to bucolic beech woods. This often idyllic scenery is the stage for fierce political passions. Almost every aspect of the Basque Country generates passionate disagreement, even its precise location. Spanish and French centralism, often authoritarian and sometimes brutal, has met with resistance for two centuries. Most recently and notoriously ETA, a terrorist group with deep popular support, has engaged in a bloody 45-year conflict. But many Basques consider themselves full French or Spanish citizens, and fear political and linguistic exclusion under Basque nationalist rule. Celebrated by writers from Petrarch to Peter Mayle, Provence's rugged mountains, wild maquis and lavender-filled meadows are world-famous. Historic cities like Arles, Avignon and Aix contain Roman amphitheatres, papal palaces and royal residences, while market towns and picturesque villages maintain age-old traditions of wine producing and agriculture. From the highland towns of Digne and Sisteron to the marshy expanse of the Camargue, Provence encompasses a rich variety of landscapes. Martin Garrett explores a region littered with ancient monuments and medieval castles. Looking at the vibrant dockside ambiance of Marseille and the luminous atmosphere of the Lubéron, he considers how writers like Mistral and Daudet have captured the character of a place and its people. He traces the development of Provence as a Roman outpost, medieval kingdom and modern region of France, revealing through its landmarks the people and events that have shaped its often tumultuous... Travel,Provence,France,Regional History,French Art Presents a social and literary history of Provence, exploring the landmarks, personalities and writings that have shaped the region's unique cultural landscape. This book analyzes the identity of a region famous for its pastis and petanque. It also evokes the light and sun-baked stones that have attracted generations of painters and writers. Presents a cultural history of the Basque Country, exploring the region's violent political past, its distinctive folk culture and its achievements in the fields of literature, architecture and the arts. Martin Garrett. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 213-214) And Index.