From the press release for the exhibition: Enlightenment Baroque: 18th-Century Masterpieces in the Churches of Paris Le Baroque des Lumières: Chefs-d’œuvre des églises parisiennes au XVIIIe s…
Discover 17 unconventional adventures in Princeton beyond the books. Explore hidden gems and unique experiences in this vibrant town.
From the Château de Versailles: China at Versailles: Art and Diplomacy in the 18th Century Château de Versailles, 27 May — 26 October 2014 The Palace of Versailles presents China at Versaille…
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Enjoy the power of the written word. Its contents? Too many parts to name. Inks, styluses, nibs, seal wax, sealing tools, brass and wood seals. A writer';s dream. French finish boxes filled with writing instruments. 14.5 x 6.2 x 2.5';'; Calligraphy Quill Nib Pen Set Ink Set Wax Wood Seal Set
Iran 18th century - 19th century Painted and lacquered papier-mache Item number: 1938.476
At the age of seventy-two, Mary Delany, née Mary Granville (1700-1788), embarked upon a series of nearly a thousand botanical collages, or “paper mosaics,...
Small swatches left with foundling babies alter ideas about parenting and everyday life in the 18th-century.
Lot 30. A huanghuali horseshoe-backed chair, quanyi, 17th-early 18th century; 100 by 61 by 47cm., 39 3/8 by 24 by 18 1/2 in . Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 GBP . Lot sold 75,000 GBP . Photo Sotheby's. the rounded crestrail comprising five sections, supported...
Jean Honoré Fragonard, Sketches of Portraits, ca. 1769, drawing, 23 × 35 cm (Private Collection, Paris) ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ From the press release (11 July 2017) for the exhibition: Fragonard: The Fantas…
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From a Canadian bookshop opened by Alice Munro in the 1960s to one in the island of Santorini started by drunk Oxford students, some of the world’s most exotic booksellers feature in The Bookshop Book, published as part of a UK-wide Books are My Bag campaign to support the bookselling industry in the run-up to Christmas. Its author Jen Campbell introduces some of the finest
Female Sovereign of Russia The eighteenth century was a century of female sovereigns in Russia. For almost seventy years, mighty tsarinas wielded unlimited power over the vast expanses of the Empir…
Three of the most fascinating exhibits in ‘The Everlasting Flame: Zoroastrianism in History and Imagination’, on view at the Brunei Gallery SOAS until December 15th, concern the Zoroastrian vision of heaven and hell. The revelations of Arda Viraz (‘righteous Viraz’), or Viraf, as his name has been transcribed in Persian,...
From the press release (18 July 2019) for the exhibition: Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect, Drawings from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France Petit Palais, Paris, 11 December 2018 — 31 Mar…
