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A salon is a gathering of people held by a host. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" (Latin: aut delectare aut prodesse). Salons in the tradition of the French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries are still being conducted. [1]
The salons have been studied in depth by a mixture of feminist, Marxist, cultural, social and intellectual historians. Each of these methodologies focus on different aspects of the salons, and thus have varying analyses of the salons’ importance in terms of French history and the Enlightenment as a whole.
The salons have been studied in depth by a mixture of feminist, Marxist, cultural, social and intellectual historians [who?]. Each of these methodologies focuses on different aspects of the salons, and thus there are varying analyses of the salons’ importance in terms of French history and the Enlightenment as a whole.
Salons were started under Louis XIV and continued from 1667 to 1704. After a hiatus, the salons started up again in 1725. After a hiatus, the salons started up again in 1725. Under Louis XV , the most prestigious Salon took place in Paris (the Salon de Paris ) in the Salon Carré of the Louvre , but there were also salons in the cities of ...
Salon music was a popular music genre in Europe during the 19th century. It was usually written for solo piano in the romantic style, and is often performed by the composer at events known as "Salons". Salon compositions are usually fairly short and often focus on virtuoso pianistic displays or emotional expression of a sentimental character.
The Salon (French: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris [salɔ̃ də paʁi]), beginning in 1667 [1] was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world.
Salon-la-Tour, France, a commune; Salon of 1824, a noted art exhibition in Paris; Salon des Refusés, an art exhibition showing controversial new styles, held occasionally 1863 to 1886; Salon des Indépendants, a non-juried alternative art salon first held in 1884; Salon d'Automne, an alternative salon including a broader variety of arts, begun ...
The salon was the principal social institution of the republic [193] and "became the civil working spaces of the project of Enlightenment." Women, as salonnières, were "the legitimate governors of [the] potentially unruly discourse" that took place within. [ 194 ]