Excerpt from Le Veau d'Or: Roman
Par la divulgation de telles ruses, j'avais sur tout voulu guérir certaines gens de la ferveur exclusive pour les choses du passé ce qui est un signe de décadence et de mort et les attirer davantage vers les joies moins périlleuses de l'art contemporain, goût qui est une preuve de force et de santé.
Sur ces industries frauduleuses, je n'étais que fort vaguement renseigné. Mais deux ou trois historiettes entendues m'avaient fait supposer qu'elles devaient fonctionner ainsi. Je n'ai connu ni même entrevu aucun des personnages que je mets en scène. Aucun des incidents que je relate n'avait été jusqu'alors un fait divers de la réalité quotidienne. Et pourtant, sauf bien entendu pour les fonctionnaires du beau, qui, loin d'avoir été complices, furent, avec la plus scrupuleuse bonne foi, les prem1eres dupes, toutes mes conjectures viennent d'être corroborées par les supercheries d'hier.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Anbieter: Forgotten Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the vibrant world of 19th-century Paris, revealing the hidden machinations of art and business. It is set in a passage full of curiosities and trickery, an environment which the author masterfully uses to explore the tension between virtue and vice, art and commerce, and the clash of tradition and the new. At its core, the book is a meditation on the nature of truth. It explores the extent to which we can reshape, manipulate, and misrepresent reality to suit our needs and desires. Through a colorful cast of charactersâ"including crooked art dealers, cunning antiquarians, and flamboyant socialitesâ"the author shows us how easily the boundaries between truth and falsehood, beauty and ugliness can blur. Ultimately, the book challenges the binary division between art and commerce. It suggests that art can be a vehicle for deception and that authenticity is porous. Yet, at the same time, it argues that beauty has its own kind of truth that persists despite the inherent falsity of the art world. That even in the pursuit of profit and status, we find the stubborn insistence of human creativity and emotion. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780282964498_0
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
Anbieter: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, USA
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LW-9780282964498
Anbieter: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LW-9780282964498
Anzahl: 15 verfügbar