October 5th, 2009
I Heart… 18th Century (Rococo) Art
Over the summer, Manda had me on a huge history kick with all our discussions of royalty and history. (She is the Anne Boleyn to my Marie Antoinette!) It’s had me digging out my art history books and shuffling through them admiring my favourite artistic periods. And while I’m not usually one for the “let’s flaunt my excessive wealth with my house-that-by-definition-could-be-a-castle-it’s-so-massive, my diamond shoes, my plasma-screen-television-sets-two-in-each-of-my-20-washrooms, or my money placemats” hoop-la, I’m a sucker for the ole Rococo period of art. I say this because while we can all appreciate and “Awwww!” the cute the cherubs, soft pastel colours and scenes of love and leisure, such was not always the case.
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