Image and impotency: book reveals the palaces and pictures of some particularly hapless Habsburgs
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Image and impotency: book reveals the palaces and pictures of some particularly hapless Habsburgs
The Mexican Emperor Maximilian, Crown Prince Rudolf and Archduke Franz Ferdinand all came to sad ends, but amassed vast estates and works of art
Tate Britain presents the lesser-known British Baroque stars
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Tate Britain presents the lesser-known British Baroque stars
The first exhibition to explore the style associated with mainland Europe will aim to show that it did exist in the UK—even if most painters were foreign
New catalogue presents virtuosity of Neo-Classicist goldsmith Luigi Valadier
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New catalogue presents virtuosity of Neo-Classicist goldsmith Luigi Valadier
Alvar González-Palacios’s book on the Italian decorator is a peak in his distinguished career
Pull up a pew: vast volume surveys church cabinetmaking in 17th- and 18th-century Austria
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Pull up a pew: vast volume surveys church cabinetmaking in 17th- and 18th-century Austria
Illuminating historical overviews and a mass of documentary research covers an under-studied subject
Furniture in the Palazzo Pitti, table tops take the palm
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Furniture in the Palazzo Pitti, table tops take the palm
The second of the four volume series on the furniture of the Pitti Palace makes its debut