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Déco de Chalet 20 Tendances Art & Design 2025 pour un Intérieur Unique
In the exclusive world of prestigious alpine chalets, art no longer simply adorns the walls - it embodies the soul of the place and reflects the sensibility of its owners. In 2025, we are witnessing an artistic renaissance in these high-altitude refuges, where each work becomes the fruit of an encounter between the majesty of the summits and ... Read more
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History of the Alps
History of the mountains 18th century
The 18th century saw a real craze for the Alps, with a huge influx of travellers. There were a number of reasons for this, which we'll develop below, but it was the result of a slow evolution. Dragons in the Alps The early 18th century was still marked by popular beliefs, which were also reflected in scientific research: many people spoke of monsters and dragons in the mountains. Scheuchzer devotes an entire chapter to his Ouresiphoites Helveticus, sive itinera per Helvetiae alpinas regiones (published in 1723), one of the most important works ...
History of the Alps
17th century mountain history
The 17th century had a more mixed relationship with the mountains than the 16th century, and sometimes a more negative one. This was partly due to the slight cooling of the climate at the time. Glaciers were growing and sometimes sweeping away churches and fields in their path, causing great damage, but also making it more difficult to enjoy the mountains. The mountains were sometimes seen as a divine punishment, as Horace-Bénédict de Saussure testifies: "The little people of our town [Chamonix] and the surrounding area give Mont Blanc and the snow-covered mountains that surround it the name of ...
History of the Alps
History of the mountain 16th century and earlier
Although mountains have played a central role in many civilizations and mythologies - being the refuge of the gods, for example - it's only in recent times that man has taken an interest in them. Petrarch's ascent of Mont Ventoux on April 26, 1335 was one of the very first of its kind. It is often regarded as the first awareness of landscape and mountain perception, even if the claim is somewhat exaggerated. A few months before Columbus discovered America, on June 26, 1492, Antoine de Ville climbed Mount ... on the orders of French king Charles VIII.
History of the Alps
John Ruskin - Writer, poet and painter closely linked to the Alps
The life of John Ruskin (1819-1900), British writer, poet, art critic and painter, is closely linked to the Alps. A great traveller who visited the continent on numerous occasions, particularly Switzerland and Italy, he first saw the Alps from Schaffhausen, on his first trip to Switzerland in 1833, when he was 14. It was an instant revelation. His love of the mountains would never leave him, and more than anywhere else, it was in the mountains that Ruskin felt truly at home, as he wrote on July 24, 1845...
History of the Alps, Photographs of the Alps
A History of Mountain Photography
The relationship between photography and the mountains goes back almost as far as the invention of the former: as early as 1844, the French government commissioned two scientists, Bravais and Martens, to investigate the possibility of photographing in hostile environments, and chose to send them to Chamonix. Joseph-Philibert Girault de Pranget (1804-1892) and John Ruskin (1819-1900) were pioneers in this respect, and the latter boasted of having taken the first photograph of the Matterhorn (or indeed of any mountain) in August 1849. But it also met with rapid success: the general public ...
Lifestyle
How to keep a "little piece" of the mountain in your city apartment?
It's no secret that nature, and more specifically the mountains, have that relaxing quality that you always appreciate when you're living in a fast-paced city. While it's easy enough to create a green space using plants and decorative objects, keeping a little piece of the mountains is a little more complicated. In this article, I'll give you a few tips on how to always have a little mountain space to lose yourself in. Bringing back a souvenir from a trip to the mountains How best to preserve a small piece of mountain ...
