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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 ).
Salon (France) The salons of early modern France were social and intellectual gatherings that played an integral role in the cultural development of the country. The salons were seen by contemporary writers as a cultural hub for the upper middle class and aristocracy, responsible for the dissemination of good manners and sociability.
9. Feb. 2024 · The salon was a notably French cultural event, a private social gathering where a mixture of guests openly discussed art, literature, philosophy, music, and politics. Salons were particularly but not exclusively associated with Paris and were most often hosted by wealthy and well-connected women.
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The Salon (French: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris [salɔ̃ də paʁi]), beginning in 1667 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.
Those assemblies recognized in retrospect as "salons" differed from other forms of social and intellectual exchange in well-recognized ways: by gathering intellectuals and socially prominent men and women on a regular basis in a woman's home for conversational exchanges on issues of mutual interest. But the fact that this venue for intellectual ...
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27. Apr. 2024 · Salons have influenced artists, writers, philosophers, abolitionists, suffragists, educators, and revolutionaries around the world. It is all in the spirit of great minds gathering together, whether or not they think alike.
