Taking the Waters : spirit, art, sensuality / Alev Lytle Croutier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944-

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bathing customs.

Baths.

Health resorts.

Water--Folklore.

Water.

Water in art.

Balneology.

Health Resorts.

Medicine in the Arts.

health resorts.

aquatic.

Medical Subjects:

Balneology.

Health Resorts.

Medicine in the Arts.

Water.

Baths.

Genre:

Folklore.

Books.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, 1992.

Contents:

The Spirit of Water. Myths. The Noblest Element. Myths of Creation. Ancient Water Deities. Malevolent Waters. Classical Water Deities. Nereids. Aphrodite. Artemis. Egeria. Water Nymphs. Mermaids. Sirens. The Neck. Water Monsters. The Loch Ness Monster. Rites. Rainmaking. Rain Dancing. Homeopathic Magic. Magic Rituals. Moon Goddesses and Vestal Virgins. Rituals of Isis and Osiris. Ablution. Sacred Disinfectant. Baptism. Journey Through Waters. The Hero's Journey. Forbidding Waters. Exploring the Depths. River Quests. River and Flood Myths. Sacred Rivers. The Nile. The Niger. River Pilgrimages. Mythical Rivers. The Great Deluge. Noah and the Ark. Sacred Wells and Springs. Fountains of Youth and Immortality. The Healing Waters. The Great Goddess and Sacred Springs. Prophecy. Well-Dressing. Water Witching or Dowsing. The Legends of Springs

Taking the Waters.

Baths. Ritualistic Communion with Water. May Baths. The Major Bathing Traditions. Grecian Baths. Roman Baths. Jewish Baths. Bathing and Early Christianity. Bathing in the Middle Ages. Hamams. The Decline of Bathing. The Private Bathroom. Japanese Baths and Hot Springs. European Spas. Early Spas. Aesculapius. Spa Pilgrims. Medicine Enters. Spas. Spa Society. The Legendary Spas. England

Bath. France

Evian-les-Bains. Germany

Baden-Baden, Wiesbaden. Belgium

Spa. Italy

Montecatini Terme, Salsomaggiore, San Pellegrino, Saturnia. Switzerland

Bad Ragaz, Baden. Czechoslovakia

Marienbad. Spa Revival. American Spas. Traditional Spas. Saratoga Springs. Calistoga. Boyes. Hot Springs and Sonoma Mission Inn. Two Bunch Palms. Super Spas. Rancho La Puerta. Golden Door. Cal-a-Vie. Taking the Waters Home. Bottling the Waters. The New Water Trend. Mineral Waters. Glaciers and Desalinization. Threatened Waters. The Prophecy of Water

Water Motifs in Art.

Virgins, Nymphs and the Artist. Floating Virgins. Nymphs, Sirens, and Mermaids. Narcissus. The Bathers and the Baths. The Source. Stage, Screen, and Literature. Water and Cinema. The River Journey in Literature. The Great Bath Murders. Sounds and Forms of Water. Water Music. Enchanting Fountains. Japanese Gardens. Flowforms

A Guide to the World's Most Exclusive Spas.

Notes:

Editor: Jacqueline Decter. Designer: Patricia Fabricant.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Other Format:

Online version: Croutier, Alev Lytle, 1944- Taking the waters.

ISBN:

1558592199

9781558592193

OCLC:

25833092