The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

In a many-sided examination of the artistic, cultural, and political worlds of Louis XIV, Thomas F. Hedin masterfully reveals how and why an elaborate fountain depicting the origin of frogs…

By his own definition, Le Brun himself is the subject of this monograph, which draws on his key works to date. A definitive account of the artist’s achievements, it also…

Les Partis, esquisse morale et politique, ou les Aventures de Sir Charles Credulous, a Paris, pendant l'hiver 1817, 1818, ouvrage extrait des papiers de M. Freelook, secretaire de Sa Seigneurie…