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Today my job is getting a sneak peak at Bijoux Parisiens at the taftmuseum cincyarts. A photo posted by Hillary Copsey hillarycopsey on. Feb 9, at 9: Klosterman will lead a conversation about the House of Fouquet, one of the jewelers featured in the exhibit, at 2: The discussion is free with admission to the museum.
One of the most interesting pieces in the show could be easily overlooked amidst the gem-encrusted brooches and sparkling necklaces. A tiny enamel skull, remarkably realistic, sits atop a dangerous looking stickpin. The macabre design is interesting enough, but make sure you pause long enough to take in both the handiwork and the description about the stickpin, which dates to about The skull was battery-operated. At the pull of a string, likely worn down a mischievous gentlemen's coat sleeve, the skull's jaw chattered and its diamond eyes flashed.
Political and economic history can be seen through the design and materials of jewelry, and the show does an admirable job of making those connections in the descriptions at the start of each room of the exhibit, giving visitors a crash course on French history from Napoleon to World War II. A free audio tour, featuring decorative arts specialist Jeannine Falino, also is available through your smartphone -- search for "Bijoux Parisiens" in your podcast app -- and will provide more details about the most dramatic pieces in the exhibit.
Also lining the walls is a wide variety of design drawings and fashion prints. They help trace the evolution of French culture and styles and, although the Art Deco illustrations are striking even from a distance, the design drawings are fascinating up close, showing how craftsmen imagined and created adornments. Klosterman has written explanations of the importance and meaning behind the jewelry featured in eight paintings that are part of the Taft Museum's permanent collection.
The "Bijoux Parisiens" visitors guide has a handy map to help you find the paintings. At the Lindner Family Cafe, you can try a variety of French-inspired dishes, including stuffed crepes and croque monsieur.
Reservations are recommended; call On select Saturdays, an afternoon tea also will be served and, of course, include macarons. Find pricing and make reservations online.
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Matinee at the Bijou was considered a "fringe-time" series, and episodes were fed to PBS member stations for scheduling any way they chose. Most stations ran the series on weekend mornings or afternoons. One West Coast affiliate [ who?
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In the opening format was changed, the host was dropped, and a Sneak Previews -style opening was used, in order to reduce the amount of editing required to fit the content into the minute slot. Bob Campbell and John Galbraith, series co-creators and producers, presented their concept to PBS in , were given a green light, and Matinee at the Bijou had its national premiere the following year.
Galbraith left the series, along with host Scott DeVenney, in , and producer Campbell continued on as executive producer and producer of the following two seasons and the re-release ten years later. In , when Matinee at the Bijou was first licensed by PBS, national programs were voted on and chosen by program managers of member stations, rather than national program chiefs. The stations effectively voted their available program dollars in a series of voting "preference rounds. The Dick Cavett Show , another very popular series but one "not critical to the PBS core mission," had been eliminated the year before.
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