The 1000++ Artworks of media Marble and containing the word jean nicolas jadot, marble, arcades, buildings, 1750

The painting depicts an English-style tea in the Four-Mirror Salon of the Palais du Temple in Paris in 1766.The salons, places of conversations in sophisticated social circles in Paris and the provinces, played an important role in 18th-century cultural life. Artistic undertakings, problems of decor...

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Large screens are probably the rarest category of surviving Ming style furniture. Solid panel screens were placed inside the main entrance to buildings where they provided privacy and protection from draughts while dispelling negative cosmic energy (ch/

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The Heraion on the island of Samos was one of the most renowned sanctuaries of the goddess Hera in ancient Greece. It was the site of cult rituals as early as the second millennium BC, and peaked in importance during the Archaic period – particularly the sixth century BC. Because of its long and cel...

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Greek stone sculptures in larger formats were always originally used in an architectural context, unless they were made specifically as votive offerings or for tombs. With this knowledge, we can deduce the original use of the relief portrait of a woman shown here: it originally formed part of column...

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This work belongs to a group of 3rd-century portraits of those known as /

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'Bernini had originally designed the site (a mountain peak) for the Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV, the Sun King, on a fiery steed, as can be seen from the preliminary sketch. The base supporting it today lacks the vertical thrust that would enhance the image of this absolute monarch. However, Berni...

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