The term "Directoire" refers to a historical period following the French Revolution (1789) and the National Convention (1792-1795), but also to a style of furnishing and decoration covering the whole of France. ... Read more

The term Transition refers to the stylistic evolution that, in the second half of the reign of Louis XV and at the very beginning of the reign of Louis XVI, was characterized by the abandonment of the curves and movement of the Ro ... Read more

After a period of research in the Transition style (1765-1775), the Louis XVI style asserted itself in the early 1770s, as the elegant expression of a return to classicism freed from the rigorism of the taste. ... Read more

Louis-Philippe's reign began at the end of the Restoration (1830) and continued until the Revolution of 1848, when Parisian revolts forced him to abdicate and go into exile. The new ... Read more

From 1820 to 1890, French silversmithing was marked by eclecticism and a taste for a wide variety of styles. From the neoclassical rigor of the Empire to the flights of fancy of the Romantic era and the na ... Read more

 Bronze publishing: a social phenomenon Small-scale sculpture, or bronze publishing, is a surprising phenomenon in terms of its scope and the variety of technological and commercial means available to it. ... Find out more

In the 1830s, when Parisian decorators and porcelain makers were providing models that perpetuated the neo-classical vocabulary, Jacob Petit (1796-1868) challenged tradition by proposing ... more

From the end of the 18th century, artists began to protest against classical rigidity and the cult of the beautiful ideal, preferring more realistic subjects closer to their own time. ... Read more

A popular genre The Romantic movement, in addition to having a decisive influence on portraiture and the treatment of certain types of subject in sculpture, also fostered the emergence of a particular genre of sculpture. ... Read more