Sentence examples for salon devoted from inspiring English sources

Revolted by the coarseness of the French court under Henry IV and distressed by the amount of political intrigue, she set out to establish at her townhouse, the Hôtel de Rambouillet, a salon devoted to literature and cultured conversation where nobles and men of letters could mingle on an equal footing.

And her spacious second-floor salon devoted to them is a zone otherwise expunged of all cynicism: Racks of five-figure frocks, some daisy-encrusted as if straight from the party scene in "A Place in the Sun" (there were also some daring, modern short ones).

With his wife, Hester Diamond, he held private salons devoted to listening and discussion.

Some two years ago, she began talking with Adam Bly, the editor of a hip science magazine, Seed, and asked him to collaborate with her on a series of salons devoted to exploring the relationship between science and design.

By 1918 Der Sturm's activities had been extended into several other areas: Walden initiated the Sturmabende, salons devoted to lectures and discussions on the visual arts and poetry; the Sturmschule, a school for theatrical arts, painting, poetry, and music; and the Sturmbühne, an experimental Expressionist theatre.

I still remember how moved I was by Jameson's description, in a passage on Proust, of the Guermantes salon — a world utterly devoted to "interpersonal relationships, to conversation, art,. . .

Bearden studied at the Art Students League in New York but was a social worker for decades while creating both his art and groups like Spiral, a salon for black artists devoted to social change.

One of the hotel's dance salons also will be devoted to bachata.

"I would expect such behavior from an erotic salon — not from an institution devoted to health care".

She runs two galleries, Salon 94 -- a space within her Upper East Side home devoted mainly to performance pieces -- and a downtown space, Salon 94 Freemans.

Another level upstairs is devoted to a private viewing salon for Exhibition A, Rowley's online art venture.