PARIS Residents of a sleepy French village in Bordeaux have been left dumbfounded after discovering their local 18th-century chateau was completely bulldozed "by mistake." The mayor's office in Yvrac ...

Legend has it that Jacques III Pineau de Viennay, Baron de Luce, an intendant of Louis XV, was so bowled over by his new home, built by engineer Mathieu de Bayeux between 1760 and 1764, that the first ...

(Annual Rosenberg Fête: All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Art, Form, and Function of Gilt Bronze in the French 18th-Century Interior ) Annual Rosenberg Fête: All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Art, ...

All art is, in some way, about art itself. You can enjoy the Ackland Art Museum’s Genius and Grace because you like dramatic classical scenes or because it displays the pinnacle of representation ...

(This series is supported by the Michael L. Rosenberg Foundation. Image: Apollo and Diana Attacking the Children of Niobe, 1772. Jacques-Louis David. Oil on canvas. Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation ...

PARIS November 5 (Reuters) - The "Desk of the King" took nine years of work for the cabinetmakers of Louis XV, its rich inlays, secret drawers and innovative design making it one of the many ...

WASHINGTON — It was a battle a young America was losing — the battle for independence. That was until the French stepped in, providing the edge America so desperately needed in its revolution against ...

Everyone knows what a bench is, but what is a window bench? Many homes in earlier centuries had windows set in alcoves in a large open room like a hall or living room. The bench was narrow enough, and ...