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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Louis Michel van Loo, <em>Portrait of the Comtesse de Beaufort.</em> 1760, oil on canvas. The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College.</span><br>
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Boucher's <i>The Interrupted Sleep</i> caught my eye while passing through the museum...
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Both styles were worn between the years of 1720 and 1780. The robe à l'anglaise developed with a fitted back after the style of dress worn in England. The sacque-back of the robe à la Française is reinterpreted from the seventeenth–century gown to incorporate two expansive pleats from the neckline at back.</blockquote><span></span></div></div><a href="https://www.mariegossip.com/2019/09/which-style-gown-do-you-prefer.html#more"></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06052080882886879580noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265120836698023886.post-19708477717076684982019-07-22T11:00:00.000-04:002019-07-31T13:05:15.996-04:00Marie Antoinette's Boudoir at Fontainebleau<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Then and now pictures of Marie Antoinette's Boudoir at <a href="https://www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr/spip.php?lang=en">Fontainebleau</a>! Drawings are from 1876 and the photographs are from the 21st century. Is it to your taste? </div>
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Many people use Yahoo Questions and sometimes some pretty funny ones will pop up during searches. I stumbled on my <i>amazingly</i> relevant Yahoo Question of the Day recently, <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110316125454AA5PPhL">"What was the deal with Marie Antoinette?"</a><br>
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So the asking party really was wondering if she was executed, which I think we all here can safely answer 'yes.' But what were the grounds for her execution? Let's take a look at her trial....<br>
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The Queen's bedroom at Versailles saw its fair share of lady occupants. The style of the furnishings rotated with the fashions, which were kept up for the ladies,<i> naturally</i>. They could update the decor and commission works for the rooms as they wished. Today it is left as it was when Marie Antoinette occupied the room. The Guard room is the only room that is in its 17th-century state. This room was occupied by the Queen's guard (twelve body guards).<br>
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One of my favorite period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the Dining room from Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire. This room was designed mid-18th century, and walking through is really a transporting experience. The details in the panels, stucco, and chimney-piece are beautiful. The lighting and decoration are thoughtfully done. The wooden floors are original, and believed to be from trees from the owner's estate!<br>
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As we gear up for a Royal Wedding, I thought it would be a great time to take a look at all the fun festivities at royal weddings in 18th century France!</div>
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PS- Feel free to go into princess / prince-mode this week!</div>
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I found this excellent account of the wedding ceremony between Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste. This is not about the festivities, which were no doubt fun, but the actual ceremony that took place.<br>
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Johann Georg Platzer, <i>Winter [The Pleasures of the Seasons].</i> Early/mid 18th Century, oil on copper. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.</div>
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A Letter from Marie Antoinette to her mother, Maria Theresa dated June 13, 1776....<br>
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How do you browse an art gallery? Here is a little account of Marie Antoinette visiting the Louvre....<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Joseph Ducreux After French, 1735-1802, Marie Antoinette as a Young Girl. Dates not recorded, oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fragonard, <em>The Goddess Minerva</em>. c. 1772.</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">The Detroit Institute of Arts.</span></div>
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Here is a selection of mythological and fictional figures that Fragonard painted. Working throughout the 18th century, Fragonard studied with François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Charles-André van Loo and Charles-Joseph Natoire. He was and is known for his genre paintings. </div>
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Before he studied art, Fragonard was an apprentice to a notary in Paris. One account suggests his parents noticed his artistic inclinations and prompted him to seek a different apprenticeship while another says he was fired from his desk job because he doodled too often!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth-Louise. <i>Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and her children</i>. 1787 Oil on canvas. Versailles.</td></tr>
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Widely discussed, researched, and studied over a 200 year period, Marie Antoinette's story is fascinating and sad: victims of a violent revolution, all the family but her daughter died as a result. Now, author Evelyn Farr is bringing to light evidence that two of the queen's children were actually fathered by Count Axel von Fersen and not King Louis XVI.<br>
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"Based on her research, Farr says she has compelling evidence that Marie-Antoinette's son Louis Charles and daughter Princess Sophie – both of whom were thought to be the children of Louis XVI – were in fact fathered by Fersen. "¹</blockquote>
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Having recently finished watching <i>Making a Murderer </i>on Netflix my first reaction to this story was - "What about the DNA testing!?" <br>
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