Painters from this period include Antoine Watteau, Nicolas Lancret and François Boucher. One of the best places in the UK to see examples of French visual and decorative arts of the Rococo and ...
The National Gallery’s collection of eighteenth-century French paintings was last catalogued over sixty ... now encompasses the work of over 30 artists. Taking account of recent scholarship and ...
When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...
The 18th century saw the gradual weakening of the absolute monarchy constructed by Louis XIV. Its power slipped away during the Regency of Philippe d'Orléans, (1715–1723) and the long regime of King ...
Watteau was one of the most influential French painters of the early 18th century. He painted numerous scenes with Commedia dell'Arte characters and also invented a type of painting known as the Fête ...
Performance practices, singers, audience experiences and theatre staging ... achievement that stands to significantly reorient contemporary accounts of eighteenth-century French opera. Charlton paves ...
In this episode, Caitlin Breare reveals some of the characteristics and artistic hallmarks of women artists painting in late 18th century France, including Élisabeth Louise Vigée le Brun, and Anne ...
Throughout the reigns of Louis XIV, XV and XVI, the French ... century. The so-called ‘period rooms’ adopted by American museums began to present decorative art objects in purpose-designed, fully ...
The French Revolution was not a single event but a series of developments that unfolded between 1789 and 1799. In the late 18th century France was on the brink of bankruptcy due to its involvement in ...
the landmark has a gift shop where you can get all things relating to 18th-century France, from books to tableware to jewelry. There are also two restaurants at the museum, and in either one ...