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Versailles Renaissance Forever (Continued)
The funny thing is, you don’t have to leave Paris to see le Petit Trianon. In 1912 an architect René Sergent built this quasi replica of Marie-Antoinette’s demure at 63 rue de Monceau for… more →
Versailles Gossip
League of the Three Petticoats
wrote 3 weeks ago: The late-19th-century “League of the Three Petticoats” consisted of Austria’s quee … more →
C is for Courtesan
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wrote 2 months ago: Welcome to my latest “Alphabet Post.” Today I’m talking about a certain kind of w … more →
Real People in False Events: Marie Antoinette
wrote 6 months ago: MARIE ANTOINETTE SAYING “LET THEM EAT CAKE” ON LEARNING THAT PARISIAN MOBS WERE RIOTING FOR BREAD … more →
Versailles Renaissance Forever (Continued)
wrote 8 months ago: The funny thing is, you don’t have to leave Paris to see le Petit Trianon. In 1912 an architec … more →
Cupid Sharpening His Bow with Hercules' Mace: Neoclassicism at Little Trianon
wrote 9 months ago: Beside the Anglo-Chinese gardens and the Louis XVI- style furniture, what is so neoclassical about L … more →
Rococo [ruh-KOH-koh]: florid or excessively elaborate
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wrote 1 year ago: A significant shift in culture occurred in France and elsewhere at the beginning of the 18th century … more →
Ooh-La-La
wrote 1 year ago: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson December 29, 1721: Jeanne Antoinette Poisson is born in Paris, France. Cal … more →
Casanova, Lottery and the Taking of the Bastille
wrote 1 year ago: Casanova’s reputation as a lover has by far surpassed his ability as a businessman. Yet the fa … more →
Taking a Bath with Madame Montespan, Versailles Renaissance at the Turn of the Century
wrote 1 year ago: The turn of the century. Not this century, the last one. The interest in Versailles was provoked by … more →
Of Castles, a King and a Courtesan
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wrote 1 year ago: What does King Louis XV of France have in common with Platon Zubov, once the most powerful man in Ru … more →
À la perfection
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wrote 1 year ago: French artist Maurice Quentin de La Tour was born on September 5, 1704. His pastel portraits sparkle … more →
That Was One Hell of an Apparatus
wrote 1 year ago: Princess Palatine told us that Louis XIV would set himself a definite number of words to use for eve … more →
A Kitchen Garden In the Park
wrote 1 year ago: Schopenhauer impaled our palate, esophagus and stomach onto his concept of desire. Deleuze would pro … more →
Baron Besenval, the Gossip
wrote 2 years ago: Louis XVI didn’t like gossip, especially the kind of gossip Baron Besenval was ready to relate … more →
Gold Fish at the Court of Louis XV
wrote 2 years ago: The gold fish was introduced into Europe as a present of East India Company to Marquise de Pompado … more →
Awaken to Pompadour, France
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wrote 2 years ago: Bonjour mes amis, Travel through the beautiful pastoral scenes of the Limousin region of France and … more →
Tis the season to glam it up!
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How unbelievably cool is this?!
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