Maîtrise--Histoire de l'art--Paris 4, 2000. / Bibliogr. p. 26-30. Index.

Mém. de maîtrise--Histoire de l'art--Paris 4, 2000.

Mém. de maîtrise--Histoire de l'art--Paris 4, 2001.

Diss. phil. Basel, 2004 (kein Austausch). / bibliogr.

The present Master's thesis deals with the business plan for a small profit company. The first part is devoted to theoretical elaboration of the guiding principles of the business plan and serves the fundamentals for its further practical application to the specific project for the start of enterpreneurship. External surroundings, including the essential aspects important in the cosmetics industry are described in the second part. It will offer a draft plan for the internal purposes of the company.

This thesis provides the first detailed study of the jury of the Paris Fine Art Salon under the July Monarchy and Second Republic. In 1831, Louis-Philippe delegated the role of jury to the members of the first four sections of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. This thesis analyses the diverse composition of the July Monarchy jury and offers the first account of its procedures and decisions based on a rigorous examination of archival sources. It also examines the nature and extent of the growing opposition to the jury, its eventual abolition in 1848 and the decisions taken in forming a new jury under the Second Republic. In so doing it reveals the failure of the king and his arts administration to respond to the aspirations and expectations of the artistic community under the post-revolution constitutional monarchy. It also shows how the jury’s diverse membership sparked conflict, notably between a conservative group of architects and certain more open-minded members of the painting section, as it sought to adjust its academic values and expectations in response to the artistic developments of the period. My examination of the opposition to the jury among artists and art journalists during this period brings to light the key issues surrounding admission to the Salon at the time. Finally, the analysis of the Second Republic reveals the ways in which this opposition was temporarily satisfied by reforms to the jury, examining the significance of changes not only to its composition, but also to its procedures. At each stage the thesis challenges the simplistic misrepresentations of the Salon jury’s procedures and decisions prevalent during the July Monarchy itself and subsequently in the history of the emergence of modern art in France during the nineteenth century.

Mémoire de maîtrise--Hist. art et archéologie--Paris 4, 2004. / N° de : "Le Salon (Paris. 1941)", ISSN 0249-6011, (2004).

abstract: Samuel Máynez Prince (1886-1966), was a prolific and important Mexican musician. Prince’s musical style followed the trends of the nineteenth-century salon music genre. His compositions include lullabies, songs, dances, marches, mazurkas, waltzes, and revolutionary anthems. Prince’s social status and performances in the famed Café Colón in Mexico City increased his popularity among high-ranking political figures during the time of the Mexican Revolution as well as his status in the Mexican music scene. Unfortunately there is virtually no existing scholarship on Prince and even basic information regarding his life and works is not readily available. The lack of organization of the manuscript scores and the absence of dates of his works has further pushed the composer into obscurity. An investigation therefore was necessary in order to explore the neglected aspects of the life and works of Prince as a violinist and composer. This document is the result of such an investigation by including extensive new biographical information, as well as the first musical analysis and edition of the complete recovered works for violin and piano. In order to fill the gaps present in the limited biographical information regarding Prince’s life, investigative research was conducted in Mexico City. Information was drawn from archives of the composer’s grandchildren, the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de México, and the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional. The surviving relatives provided first-hand details on events in the composer’s life; one also offered the researcher access to their personal archive including, important life documents, photographs, programs from concert performances, and manuscript scores of the compositions. Establishing connections with the relatives also led the researcher to examining the violins owned and used by the late violinist/composer. This oral history approach led to new and updated information, including the revival of previously unpublished music for violin and piano. These works are here compiled in an edition that will give students, teachers, and music-lovers access to this unknown repertoire. Finally, this research seeks to promote the beauty and nuances of Mexican salon music, and the complete works for violin and piano of Samuel Máynez Prince in particular. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2016

Les conditions de rencontre physique entre un écrivain et un lecteur n'ont pas encore fait l'objet de recherches universitaires. Or les occasions de médiation présentielle entre ces deux acteurs sont, depuis les années 80, de plus en plus fréquentes : cafés littéraires, séances de dédicaces en librairie, salons du livre, interventions d'un écrivain en milieu scolaire, etc. En outre, le désintérêt que rencontrent ces événements au sein de la communauté scientifique, notamment en ce qui concerne leurs publics et les relations qu'ils nouent avec des auteurs, est d'autant plus surprenant lorsqu'il s'agit d'événements ancrés dans le paysage culturel d'un territoire, tel le salon du livre de Nancy : le Livre sur la Place. Au-delà de l'examen de ce qui se joue entre un écrivain et un lecteur, nous souhaitons dépasser le discrédit ambiant jeté sur les salons. Souvent stigmatisés, associés à une littérature « commerciale » et taxés négativement de « foires », où seule l'approche mercantile et l'appât du gain importent, ils sont régulièrement pointés du doigt. En se nourrissant de ce discrédit et de ce paradoxe (multiplication des salons versus absence d'analyses universitaires), cette recherche veut démontrer la thèse suivante : le salon (microcosme littéraire) est le lieu de sédimentation d'un certain nombre de caractéristiques et de représentations relatives au monde du livre (macrocosme), tels les auteurs vedettes, la lecture divertissante et intime, le statut des écrivains, l'importance du cérémonial dédicatoire, les prix littéraires et le clivage entre le monde inspiré et le monde marchand. / The conditions behind the physical meeting of a writer and a reader have not yet been the object of academic research. Since the 1980s, however, the opportunities of face-to-face contact between these two actors have been more and more frequent, notably in such forms as literary cafés, book-signings, book fairs, and interventions of writers in schools. The lack of interest these events have met with within the scientific community, in particular as regards their publics and the relations they form with authors, is surprising, all the more so when these events are anchored in the cultural landscape of a territory, such the book fair of Nancy : the Livre sur la Place. Beyond examining what takes place when a writer and a reader meet, I wish to present book fairs in a more positive light than that in which they are usually cast. Often stigmatized through their association with 'trade' literature, where money and sales alone are highlighted, these 'fairs' have repeatedly been derided. Feeding on such depreciation and on the paradox it entails (the multiplication of shows versus the absence of academic research on them), this research aims at demonstrating that the book fair (or literary microcosm) is the place of sedimentation of quite a number of characteristics and of representations of the world of the book (or macrocosm), including celebrity authors, public and private readings, writer status, booksignings, literary prizes and the division between the 'inspired' world and the trade world.

Small businesses fail at high rates; 51% fail to succeed in business beyond the first 5 years. The purpose of this exploratory case study was to explore the strategies that salon business owners used to succeed in business. The sample comprised of 2 salon business owners in Savannah, Georgia who have been in business more than 5 years. The conceptual framework was based on the general systems theory. Data were collected from conducting semistructured interviews with each business owner, a review of company business plans, direct observation of participants during client interaction in the salon, as well as member-checking interview responses. The data were methodologically triangulated to strengthen the credibility and trustworthiness of the study results. Four main themes were identified: (a) education and training, (b) customer service strategies, (c) determination and dedication, and (d) professionalism. The findings from this study may contribute to social change by giving business owners the necessary skills and strategies needed to sustain and develop a successful business and increase profit. The data from this study may contribute to the prosperity of small business owners, their employees, communities, and the local economy.