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Art Bites 173: Baroque Art, the Catholic Church, and the Virgin Mary

Pro-Vatican Baroque featured big canvases, dramatic statues, and exuberant architecture. After a century of religious wars, pro-Vatican Baroque art featured big canvases, dramatic statues, exuberant ...
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Coco Chanel's decadent 1950s Paris living room is a jewel box of baroque style – it's a testament to the ageless power of French design

Chanel's iconic tweed suit made its runway debut in 1925, and it is still a symbol of timeless elegance 100 years later. Thus, as we consider how to create interiors that will never go out of style, ...
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Baroque, 1620-1800 : style in the age of magnificence / edited by Michael Snodin and Nigel Llewellyn ; assisted by Joanna Norman

The world of the Baroque artist / Nigel Llewellyn -- Centres of Diplomatic Power, c. 1700 / Nigel Llewellyn -- Potosí : the silver mountain / Majorie Trusted -- The portrayal of absolutism / Nigel ...
The New York Times

5 Clocks Embody Baroque Style and Their Maker’s Skill

The Wallace Collection in London says a new exhibition is its first on horology. By Melanie Abrams Five ornate 18th-century clocks attributed to André-Charles Boulle, the furniture maker to the ...