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xxxi, 226 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Through its architecture, literature and popular culture, this book analyzes and celebrates the identity of a region famous for its pastis and ptanque. Linking the past to the present, it also evokes the intense light and sun-baked stones that have attracted generations of painters and writers.
Ch. 1. Papal Provence : Avignon -- Ch. 2. Petrarch's Provence -- Ch. 3. Van Gogh's Provence : part one : Arles -- Ch. 4. Van Gogh's Provence : part two : the Alpilles -- Ch. 5. Roy Campbell's Provence : the Camargue -- Ch. 6. King Rene's Provence : Aix -- Ch. 7. Marcel Pagnol's Provence : Marseille -- Ch. 8. The Provence of Jean Giono and Henri Bosco -- Ch. 9. Alphonse Daudet's Provence : Nimes.
Vestiges: The Mus{acute}ee d'Histoire De Marseille, Mus{acute}ee Des Docks Romains And Centre De La Vieille Charit{acute}ePassing Through; Royal Arrivals; Plague; Pagnol's Vieux-Port; The Holocaust And The Destruction Of The Vieux-Port; Galleys And Prisons; The Ch{circ}ateau d'If; "Black Docker": Claude McKay And Ousmane Semb{grave}ene; Churches And Cathedrals; Le Corbusier's Unit{acute}e 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 "
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 Ren{acute}e; Saint-Sauveur; The Burning Bush; The Mus{acute}ee Des Tapisseries And The Mus{acute}ee Du Vieil Aix; "The Houses Very High And The Streets Ample"; The H{circ}otel De Forbin: Royal Views; Aix-La-Somnolente; Zola's Plassans; C{acute}ezanne And The Montagne Sainte-Victoire; The Mus{acute}ee Granet; Saint-Maximin And La Sainte Baume; Chapter Seven; Massalia: "Turning Towards The Greeks."
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 Mus{acute}ee De L'Arles Antique; Saint-Trophime: "So Cruel, So Monstrous, Like A Chinese Nightmare"; The Mus{acute}ee R{acute}eattu And The Museon Arlaten; Montmajour; Chapter Four; Saint-Paul-De-Mausole: "Light Turning Into Conflagration"; Les Antiques; Glanum; Saint-R{acute}emy-De-Provence; Les Baux: "Bastions And Buttresses And Coigns Of Vantage"; Chapter Five; The Plaine De La Crau: "Goblins Of Light."
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 Mus{acute}ee Lapidaire; The Mus{acute}ee Calvet; The Avignon Festival; Villeneuve-L{grave}es-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.
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Landscapes Of The Imagination; Preface; Introduction; Landscape: "Infinitely Complex Chiselling"; The Rh{circ}one 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 F{acute}elibrige; "The Rational, Right And Proper Food"; "Oh, For A Beaker Full Of The Warm South": Wine; Provence; Chapter One.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214).