The rule of the last Bourbon kings coincided with "the elevation and systematisation" of science as a discipline, said ...
Every Living Thing,” by Jason Roberts, explains and evaluates the work of the 18th-century biologists Carl Linnaeus and Comte de Buffon.
These remarkable and intricate illustrations are the work of Mark Catesby, an English naturalist and artist who made numerous visits to North America in the early 18th century, recording the flora ...
The Butterworth Center houses one of six known Venetian ceiling paintings in the United States. Cleaning the painting alone could cost over $1 million.
in 1734 This portrait, lost in a fire at the Royal Alcazar of Madrid in 1734, has been meticulously brought back to life using cutting-edge AI techniques, sparking a revolution in the way art and ...
The show also contains works from the Palace of Versailles. The Cognacq-Jay Museum houses an extensive collection of 18th-century art and objects donated by French businessman Ernest Cognacq.
When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...