Getty Museum Gains Master Works – Renaissance, Rococo & More
The J. Paul Getty Museum has new acquisitions from Renaissance to Rococo and beyond, including a lost painting La Surprise by French artist Jean Antoine Watteau
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Watteau: Military Life in Eighteenth Century France at Frick
Watteau’s Soldiers: Scenes of Military Life in Eighteenth-Century France is an exhibition on show at The Frick Collection, New York, July 12 – October 2, 2016
Mallett at London & New York – 150+ Years of Antiques & Art
Mallett, of London and New York started 2016 with an exhibition at their New York gallery of fine eighteenth century English furniture, clocks and decorations
Alexia Sinclair, Creativity + Knowledge = Rococo & Pleasure
Sydney visual artist Alexia Sinclair has a unique ability to articulate her love of knowledge and learning through visual art and Rococo is her new masterpiece
Metropolitan Vanities – Capturing a Selfie, Cautionary Tales
The exhibition Metropolitan Vanities at The Met NY should attract those whose curiosity may lead them to understand, snapping a ‘selfie’ is about so much more
The Roentgen Family Cabinetmakers – Neoclassical Furniture
The German Roentgen family cabinetmaking firm in operation c1740-1795 produced some of the most outstanding furniture of their age in the neoclassical style
The Rococo Style – Sophisticated and Yet Enchantingly Pretty
The Rococo style was delicately elegant with a distinct preference for asymmetry. It was presided over by France’s King Louis XV’s mistress, Madame du Pompadour, a sophisticated lady of impeccable style.
Arabesque & Grotesque – Ornamentation with Grace & Delicacy
In the early 18th century arabesque and grotesque designs by Berain, Huet, Audran & Watteau were desirable forms of decorative art used in intimate interiors
Thomas Chippendale – Eighteenth Century English Furniture
An 18th century village master craftsman, who designed and made furniture in rural Yorkshire Thomas Chippendale (1718 – 1779) was a progressive ambitious chap