
Mozart’s Sister, Silence was her Fate – French Film Festival
Blending fact and fiction on film in Mozart’s Sister, French Director Rene Féret explores the story of ‘Nannerl’ Mozart, elder sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Blending fact and fiction on film in Mozart’s Sister, French Director Rene Féret explores the story of ‘Nannerl’ Mozart, elder sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
From 1672 French composer Jean Baptiste Lully was in charge of musical life at court and left a legacy of style at the foundation of traditions in French music
French painter François Boucher produced many of the images we have of Jeanne Antoinette, Marquise de Pompadour, official Mistress of King Louis XV of France
Despite all the work Louis XIV was to complete at Versailles in his own time it was called le Chateau, which means a Gentleman’s seat never palace, as it became
Dr Michael Brand, director of the Art Gallery of NSW, has unveiled one of Australia’s significant young realist painters Michael Zavros’ new work, The Round Room. which has entered the Gallery’s collection having won the inaugural Bulgari Art Award. Julie Ann Morrison, managing director, Bulgari Australia, said: ‘It is Bulgari’s…
Louis XVI’s Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XV’s consort Madame du Barry lived at a time of society scandal and political turmoil, paying the wages of beauty
The scale and magnificence of French garden design during Louis XIV’s reign was represented by his chateau at Versailles. It became the model for Europe, if not the whole world at that time, in all the arts. The gardens of Versailles with their parterres, pools, sculptures and groves formed a…