chefs-d'oeuvre

This symbolic transposition of the chefs-d'oeuvre of the old masters into large archival prints on canvas is based essentially on the diversion of haute couture garments and accessories designed by Paco Rabanne.

Evelyne Politanoff: Kimiko Yoshida Meets Paco Rabanne Evelyne Politanoff 2011

This symbolic transposition of the chefs-d'oeuvre of the old masters into large archival prints on canvas is based essentially on the diversion of haute couture garments and accessories designed by Paco Rabanne.

Evelyne Politanoff: Kimiko Yoshida Meets Paco Rabanne Evelyne Politanoff 2011

There is far more reason to observe, however, how remarkably these two chefs-d'oeuvre, which were published around the same time, converge in their view of the structure and dynamics of medieval society.

Elias Defended Goudsblom, Johan 1983

'Les chefs-d'oeuvre sont bête,' wrote Flaubert, 'ils ont la mine tranquille comme les productions mêmes de la nature, comme les grands animaux et les montagnes.'

Tolstoy the Great Muchnic, Helen 1967

He delighted in these the 'chefs-d'oeuvre' of passionate eloquence, was proud of inspiring them, and could not make up his mind to burn or destroy them.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

We are enjoying a part of the feast which his science had cooked, and then distributed to his friends to figure as the _chefs-d'oeuvre_ of their own tables.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

The same English poet was right in declaring that the Greek sculptors did not find their inspiration in the dissecting-room; yet upon no subject has criticism displayed greater insight on the one hand and pedantry on the other, than in the discussion of these very _chefs-d'oeuvre_ of antiquity.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Various

The coterie in a _salon_, covered with gilding, and filled with _chefs-d'oeuvre_ of the arts, was often as subtle as a conspiracy in the cells of the Jacobins; and the dance or the masquerade only the preliminary to an outbreak which shattered a ministry into fragments All the remarkable men of France passed before me, and I acknowledge that I was frequently delighted and surprised by their extra ordinary attainments.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various

These splendid _chefs-d'oeuvre_ are strangely mixed with those commonly known as the "_prison Fiddles_" -- a sorry title.

The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart

Lemer, has the idea of collecting in one volume the most celebrated love matters -- the _chefs-d'oeuvre_ of tender correspondence -- a style of composition in which France has always been eminent.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various