Doomed to be thrust from power by the onrushing forces of history, the aristocracy of 18th century Europe elected to live out its autumn in a sort of perpetual costume party. It was an age of ...

If you've noticed a remarkable amount of pastels in fall, people wearing a surprising number of impractical yet whimsical accessories, or an abundance of shells and flowers motifs, don't worry, babe.

I TREMBLE when I look forward to the reopening of the Residenztheater,” said Rococo Theater Expert Dr. Giinther Schone, director of Munich’s Theater Museum. “I am afraid that the new gold leaf will ...

Flora Yukhnovich arrived in New York in 2024 — just as Donald Trump won a second term — and, according to curator Eleanor ...

As a French princess or prince in the early 18th century, if you wanted to shit in a golden toilet, you simply commissioned a golden toilet. And from lavish latrines alike bore the tropes of the ...