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The myths that surround us...

Jan 28, 2011 4:23:25 PM

The myths that surround us...

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The Renaissance experienced the first comeback of classical antiquity as the main source of inspiration for artistic creation. This passion for Greek and Roman art developed after the 15th century

and spread throughout Europe. Antiquity represented an ideal beauty necessary for inspiration. Different styles of Western art which succeeded thereafter were all influenced by such fascination (Classicism, Neoclassicism, Empire, Art

Deco) or disinterested by challenging Antiquity (Mannerism, Baroque , Rococo, Art Nouveau).   In addition, the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the (...) Read more

Sainte Elisabeth de Hongrie

Jan 25, 2011 11:12:27 AM

Sainte Elisabeth de Hongrie

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Une enfance heureuse. Elisabeth de Hongrie nait en 1211 en Hongrie, au château de Wartburg. D’origine noble, elle y vécut de 1211 à 1228. A quatre ans, ses parents la fiance

au Landgrave Louis IV de Thuringe, qui à lui-même 11 ans à la même période, et ce pour des raisons d’alliances politiques. Ils se marient quelques années plus tard, en

1221. C’est la raison pour laquelle on nomme aussi la sainte Sainte Elisabeth de Thuringe. Elle passe son enfance dans une (...) Read more

Juliette Récamier, the combination of charm, beauty, and the mind

Expertissim presents a bronze bust of Juliette Récamier  after Antoine Denis Chaudet. French sculptor and painter of Neoclassic style, Antoine Denis Chaudet (1743-1810) realized portraits of the most illustrious personalities

of the French Empire such as a bust of Lamoignon de Malesherbes in the Louvre collection. In 1810, his statue of crowned Emperor Napoleon I on a column along the 

Grand Army was erected on  Place Vendome (replaced in 1863 with a sculpture by Auguste Dumont).   However who is this Juliette Récamier  (...) Read more

The epic of a french Republic hero : Genral Desaix.

Jul 22, 2010 1:25:20 PM

The epic of a french Republic hero : Genral Desaix.

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Expertissim is selling a biscuit-ware of General Desaix made by the Manufacture de Sèvres in 1884. Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French Army general who distinguished himself under the

orders of Bonaparte, notably during the Egyptian and Italian campaigns. It is curious that this warrior is still honored after more than eighty years after his death by the Sèvres

Manufacture. In 1884, France was entrenched in the Third Republic headed by Jules Grévy. While the regime's future was still uncertain, (...) Read more

Who am I ?

Jul 22, 2010 1:42:56 PM

Who am I ?

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I was born in Brittany in 1253 into a family of minor Breton nobility who sent me to study literature, law and canon law at the University of Paris then

Orleans. This advanced education allowed me to choose a modern lifestyle that was very charitable and close to humanism. A remarkable lifestyle that contrasted with that of other priests in

my time. I ended my training with a trip around Europe, without forgetting my first love, Brittany, to which I returned (...) Read more

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