France is the world's style destination. This book uncovers 80 of its most charming boutique guest houses, each rich in the design details that epitomize French style. It features 30 of these locations in individual chapters with photographs highlighting their particular flair from a trompe loeil wall mural to a damask upholstered chaise longue.
At the end of World War II, leading French artist Jean Dubuffet became interested in the works being produced by patients in psychiatric hospitals and by other social outcasts. In 1948, he founded the 'Compagnie de Art Brut' in order to extend and document the collections he had begun. This book traces the history of the concept of 'Art Brut'.