A collection of rare 18th Century colonial paintings found in a museum storeroom is set to be put on display. Leicester Museum and Art Gallery's five casta pieces were confirmed by a leading ...

Take a break and explore the history of women artists in Europe in the NGV Collection from the 1600s to the eighteenth century with Assistant Curator of Collections and Research at NGV, Dr. Maria ...

Throughout the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI, the French art of living developed and ... For centuries, the whole of Europe envied the quality of Chinese porcelain. At the start of the 18th century, ...

The Baroque is a highly ornate and elaborate style of architecture, art and design that flourished in Europe in the 17th and first half of the 18th century. Originating in Italy, its influence quickly ...

At the beginning of the 18th century England was one of the most ... However, the principles of academic art were less ingrained in British artistic life than elsewhere in Europe.

In Europe 1600 – 1815 over 1100 objects from the V&A’s collections of 17th- and 18th-century European art and design are displayed in a suite of seven galleries. The collection comprises some of the ...