Ep. 3 2 Louis & 2 Art Movements Pt.1
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Louis XV of France, Workshop of Louis-Michel van Loo, 1763, oil on canvas, unknown location
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Mechanical table in closed position, Jean-François Oeben, c.1761, multiple wood and gilt bronze mounts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Mechanical table in open position, Jean-François Oeben, c.1761, multiple wood and gilt bronze mounts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Pair of three-light wall brackets, French, 1745-9, gilt bronze, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Two wall sconces, Sèvres Manufactory, c.1761, soft paste porcelain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Potpourri vase (pot-pourri à vaisseau), Sèvres Manufactory, 1758, soft paste porcelain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Helpful Resources
Adamson, John. The Princely Courts of Europe: Ritual, Politics and Culture Under the Ancien Régime 1500-1700. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999.
Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O., and Bertrand Rondot. Visitors to Versailles: From Louis XIV to the French Revolution. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.
Ledbury, Andrew Mark, and Robert Wellington. The Versailles Effect: Objects, Lives, and Afterlives of the Domaine. New York: NY, 2020.
Websites
Louis XV [Link]
Louis XIV [Link]
Rococo [Link]
Antoine Watteau [Link]
François Boucher [Link]
Palace of Versailles [Link]
Palace of Versailles Official Website [Link]
The Grand Trianon [Link]
The Petit Trianon [Link]
Rococo [Link]
Louis XV style [Link]
Rocaille [Link]
Antoine Watteau [Link]
Jean-Honoré Fragonard [Link]
François Boucher [Link]
Jean-François Oeben [Link]
Sèvres Manufactory [Link]