AFTER the various balls celebrating the marriage of the Dauphin, Madame d’Étiolcs was frequently observed flitting in and out of the palace. Nobody knew whether she slept there, and if so in which ...

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, may be best known as King Louis XV's chief mistress. But she was also a well-educated... More Than A Mistress: Madame De Pompadour Was A Minister Of ...

THE publication in Germany, within the past few years, of a number of extremely valuable works, historical and documentary, has thrown a flood of light upon the long negotiations and the busy ...

If you want to contemplate love (and who wouldn't?), 18th-century France isn't a bad place to start. That may be why so many people were crowding around the paintings of "La volupte du gout: French ...

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Dancing cupids, breathtaking landscapes, brawny laundrywomen, Europa's dramatic abduction and the gods of the arts urging to save the life of a dying patroness. Such is the staggering, far out ...

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