Good friends like to tease me about my attention to my special interests. When asked, I’m always quick to note that I have three (in no particular order): my love of elephants, my devotion to opera, and my joy in discovering the subtle—and sometimes not-so-subtle—pleasures of Art Nouveau. The first comes up pretty often, as …
Ah, Paris: Pierre Cardin’s Art Nouveau Museum at Maxim’s
In a recent post, I commented that I would be writing about subjects that are of particular interest to me (well of course, Guy – isn’t that what a personal blog is all about?). I noted that among these special interests was l’art nouveau, the great design style that began in the so-called belle epoch and …
Brussels Art Nouveau
A typical floral Art Nouveau doorway OK. I’m going to stop being pretentious. My French is all right, and certainly I’m comfortable throwing around a few French phrases when I’m feeling particularly “continental” (and how can you feel otherwise when you’re thinking about Art Nouveau?). But I’m also beginning to realize that in all …