 | Living in Style: Paris |
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Arguably the most stylish city in the world, Paris has long been known for its sleek, sophisticated interiors. This inspiring volume takes us on a tour of the French capital's most notable dwellings. These luxurious living quarters will truly take your breath away! The decor ranges from classic to contemporary, with intriguing choices of furniture, finishes and materials. Reto Guntli's spectacular yet accessible photography makes you feel right at home.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #22181 in Books
- Published on: 2010-11-15
- Released on: 2010-11-15
- Original language: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 219 pages
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
By Grady Harp
LIVING IN STYLE: PARIS takes us where few have ever been. Under the guidance of editor/interior designer Caroline Sarkozy and with the accompanying splendid art photography of Reto Gentli, this elegantly designed and produced volume from teNeues Publishing makes us realize once again that Paris remains the mot stylish and glamorous city in the world. Not that simply strolling the streets of the City of Light isn't enough to make even the harshest critic melt, but this book shows us what lies behind those tall very old walls where the rich and famous live and invites us into these homes for close-up views of art and furniture and antiquities that to now have been hidden form public view. Debra Derieux Matos' enlightened comments create a feeling of a flâneur who happens to be fortunate enough to see 'the creative cradle in interior design and French savoir-faire.
We visit the home of François Catroux and Diane von Fuerstenberg in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a collector's home in the Jardin des Tuileries, a wildly contemporary home in Bastille, a Hollywood-inspired home in Palais-Bourbon, a treasure house of art in Élysées, a country house in Auteuil, the Hôtel de Gesvres in Bourse, artist Bernar Venet in Alésia, a wonderfully eclectic home of Rierre Passebon and Jacques Grange in the area of the Louvre, a secret garden in Montparnasse, and many more. Readers can enjoy this book on many levels - as art, as antiquities, as design, as architecture, and as memorabilia. It offers hours of learning and visual pleasure. Grady Harp, December 10
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By H. F. Corbin
My first reaction to the lavish, oversized LIVING IN STYLE: PARIS is that the photography of Reto Guntli is absolutely impeccable. While there is commentary (in five languages) about each of the twenty-two living quarters, this book, as you would expect from one about interior design, is all about the visual. Exquisitely printed, it is one that I would hesitate to let a visitor in my cluttered home even leaf through. It is that beautiful.
My second reaction, the one I always have when viewing such splendor, is a question: does anyone really live like this? I suppose the answer must be yes. But I always wonder where they hid the newspaper and do they have a household pet?
But back to these outrageously beautiful photographs. Perfectly lit and composed, they are a visual delight. Surely no one does better architectual photography than Mr. Guntli.
While neither I nor anyone I hold dear will ever come close to having a dwelling like any of these, what we mortals can take from such a book is ideas on how to improve our own interiors. For example, I know now where to hang my pen-and-ink drawing of my cat: by my bed. (p. 177) And I want that 19th Century brass bed on the same page, along with those gorgeous African armchairs (p. 22).
In "Country Home in Paris" Terry de Gunzburg (p.54) says that "what is most important for a home is its soul, the life it lives rather than it being a mere showcase of beautiful objects." I could not agree more. I would argue that some of these homes have one art object too many, but then I could be wrong. In any event, LIVING IN STYLE: PARIS will make you want to visit or revisit, as the case may be, that city when you see all the exterior scenes from the windows of these homes. While you probably will never see any of these interiors, you can certainly take in all the beauty of one of the world's great cities.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By Jackie Ryan
I love to splurge on magazines such as Elle Décor and Architectural Digest to get ideas for what to do with my own space. (No Better Homes & Gardens for me!) My friends make fun of me all the time for spending so much on those publications. I was so happy when they surprised me with this wonderful book for my birthday! I love it! I loved getting a glimpse inside the homes of famous personalities like Diane von Furstenberg. Each space is sophisticated, and all the captions explain the history of each unique space and what the decorators did to give it a personality of its own. A great peak into the prestigious homes in Paris, this book is great inspiration for the pied-à-terre I aspire to.
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