The Louvre en anglais!

I love the Louvre.

If you are a frequent visitor of the site you will have noticed that the Louvre has released its collection database in English! It will now reach and attract an enormous audience of English readers (estimated 2 million!)

The database is called ATLAS and provides information and images of over 22,000 items. It is easy to use, and provides dates, important information and supplementary information on most works. It even offers the items location in the museum. The images are great and can be enlarged for viewing details. There are alternative views of items, including specific close ups. It is great if you are researching, planning a trip, looking for inspiration or just love art!

Check out ATLAS here.

Maria Theresa and her boys

Maria Theresa, Joseph, Leopold, Ferdinand and Maximilian, 1772

Rococo and Revolution

Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings
October 2, 2009, through January 3, 2010

If you happen to be in NYC between October and January, you will have to make a stop at the Morgan Library & Museum to see their fabulous show of French drawings. They will have works from artists such as Boucher, Fragonard and David. Here is a short description from their website:

"Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings features more than eighty exceptional drawings almost exclusively from the Morgan's renowned holdings. The efflorescence of the ancien régime and its eventual downfall provide the backdrop to a century of remarkable artistic vitality and variety that subtly chronicles the many changes taking place in eighteenth-century France. Artists represented in the exhibition include Antoine Watteau, Jacques-Louis David, François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Claude Gillot, Nicolas Lancret, Hubert Robert, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Anne-Louis Girodet, and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, among others."

There is not a better way to immerse yourself with the 18th century than to wander through a wonderful exhibition, surrounded by items that saw a different time. Heather and I will be there this fall and of course will report back, but I strongly suggest you make time in those 3 months to check it out in person! If you make it be sure to let me know what you thought!

*Fragonard, Landscape with Flocks and Trees