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From the unmissable Palace of Versailles to the architectural pearls of the Loire, here is a selection of the most magnificent French châteaux. These ten royal and ducal residences have become jewels ...
News from France (spotted via. @MWeilc) that a publication on Charles Claude Flahaut, Count of Angiviller (1730–1809), a ...
In a 2013 portrait, Hockney’s partner, “JP” (Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima), clutches his head as if bereft; nearby, in 15 grimacing self-portraits grouped together on a royal-blue wall ...
Cuttoli recruited artists like Picasso and Man Ray to design textiles for her workshops in Algeria and shop in Paris, bringing Modernism to a broader audience in the early 20th century.
71 x 52 cm. 87 x 68 cm. canvas, 246 x 192 cm canvas, 278 x 196 cm ...
ST. LOUIS — The Queeny Art Fair is the Greater St. Louis Artists' cornerstone event to promote the visual arts and art education in the St. Louis area. And now you can join in on the excitement ...
the new installment finds Louis XVI taking on new challenges as a king, a husband, and a father, as the French Revolution looms nearer. French actor Maximilien Seweryn is among the new additions ...
When Louis Kahn was floated as the potential architect of a new ... But Mellon did pick up an architect: Kahn was announced as the designer of the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) just six months ...
Gov. Billy Nungesser. At the age of 19, Lafayette defied King Louis XVI orders, purchased a ship, filled it with rifles and crossed the Atlantic to help colonies fight for liberty, earning George ...
At the same time, the institution's collection was enriched by a pair of Louis Delanois-stamped chairs from Madame du Barry's drawing room ... sister of King Louis XVI, and finally a pair of ...
But she has no idea whom she can trust. Remember, Louis XVI was the last king of France before the revolution eliminated the monarchy; he was dethroned and executed in 1792, but the seeds of the ...