Rococo Fans: Craft, Art, and Hidden Messages
Before air conditioning, women relied on fans to keep themselves fresh during the summer. The accessory became so popular during the 18th century...
Jimena Escoto 31 January 2025
Rococo
5 Essential Facts About François Boucher
François Boucher (1703–1770) was a French artist well-known for his Rococo-style artworks. His paintigns are synonymous with the blossom of color...
Kateryna Martynova 31 January 2025
Madame de Pompadour: The Queen of Arts in Portraits
Elvis Presley’s famous hairstyle was named after her, a French champagne glass is believed to have been modeled after her breast and, according to...
Magda Michalska 31 January 2025
Masterpiece Story: Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus by Sir Joshua Reynolds is a complex masterpiece of mythological allusion, seductive implications, and historical...
James W Singer, 29 December 2024
Masterpiece Story: Grace Dalrymple Elliott by Thomas Gainsborough
The Frick Collection has an amazing ensemble of European masters. For example, works by Vermeer, Fragonard, and Goya grace its walls. Every room has...
James W Singer 10 November 2024
Tiepolo: The Last Venetian Master
Mainland Italy is a perfect country for fresco production since it is dominated by a dry climate that preserves frescoes very well. Even though...
Magda Michalska 5 March 2024
Smolyanki: The Nymphs of Russian Enlightenment
The Russian empress Catherine the Great aspired to Enlightenment ideas that propagate human intellectual power. Numerous tracts, essays, and books of...
Guest Author 8 February 2021
The Government Venus: Top Five Portraits of Elisabeth of Russia
Elisabeth of Russia (1709-1761) was the most beautiful empress from the Romanov dynasty. Contemporaries called her “the sparkle of Peter the...
Guest Author 12 August 2020
Ivan VI of Russia: The Baby Emperor
Ivan VI of Russia (Ivan Antonovich) was the youngest Russian tsar in history. He was proclaimed emperor when only two months old, and his 22-year-old...
Guest Author 3 June 2020
The Sumptuous Wallace Collection, Fragonard and The Swing
The Wallace Collection displays a collection, which came together in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, collected by the first four Marquesses...
Isla Phillips-Ewen 9 December 2019
The Story Of Two Casanova Brothers, Who Happened To Be Painters
When we hear Casanova we think of Giacomo the famous adventurer, who in his autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life) described often...
Zuzanna Stańska 13 September 2017
Modern Grasps On The Swinging Rococo
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Wallace Collection, 1767 Rococo seemed to be a fun period for the aristocracy. They are always depicted at leisure:...
Magda Michalska 26 July 2016
