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  • Consumption of “Laudanum”
    Art,  Ebook,  English,  History,  Printed Art Book

    Just One Hit

    July 14, 2014 / 0 Comments

    While opium dens were commonly featured in Victorian fiction, the most common use of opiates was in the form of pharmaceuticals. The greatest problem with most drugs isn’t their addictiveness or even their potency, but rather their availability and acceptance. When users are confined to opium dens, drug consumption is portrayed as unglamorous and immoral. In Once Upon a Time in America, Robert De Niro portrays a criminal who frequents opium dens for his high. But opium wasn’t just available to the dissolute, and it wasn’t just confined to dens. Opium usage moved into doctors’ examination rooms, dissipating the stigma attached to the drug and opening up its availability to…

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    Hiroshige mon amour,

    February 27, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Soyons clairs, je n’ai pas découvert le Japon avec les œuvres d’Hiroshige, Utamaro ou Hokusai. En vérité, j’ai d’abord rencontré les Japonais avec Tintin et le lotus bleu d’Hergé, puis plus tard avec le film Le Barbare et la Geisha, John Wayne étant l’acteur principal. C’est l’histoire authentique de Towsend Harris et de la geisha Okichi dont en fut tiré un roman puis un opéra : Madame Butterfly de Puccini. Le cinéma m’a aussi conduit sur les pas du Dernier Samouraï avec Tom Cruise, histoire d’un officier américain qui aide de ses conseils un samouraï rebelle. Dans la réalité, c’est l’histoire d’un français, Jules Brunet qui finit Général de division. J’ai…

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    Edward Burne-Jones

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