The David Roche Foundation Adelaide, Gallery 2: Rococo
The Rococo style in Gallery 2 of the opening exhibition at the David Roche Foundation House Museum & Gallery complex, North Adelaide, is gracefully exuberant!
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French Clocks – Science Keeping Time with Enlightenment Pt 2
A style of clock that emerged during the reign of France’s King Louis XVI (1638-1715) was one where the works were on view, which are known as ‘skeleton clocks’
French Clocks – Science Keeping Time with Enlightenment Pt 1
Before the revolution in France its ideas philosophies fashions and passions of the age were reflected in the design and decoration of gloriously gilded clocks
Jeanne Antoinette Marquise de Pompadour – Woman of Influence
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