When the smallpox vaccine was first introduced in the 18th century, not everyone was eager to get inoculated. Many French people were suspicious of the new procedure, which was banned in Paris for ...

Pre-revolutionary French fashion comes to life in movie clips from Sofia Coppola’s Marie ... but the keen-eyed would have spotted on one outfit an 18th century accoutrement – the ...

Partygoers show out in stunning 18th-century costumes for annual French ball. Hundreds of partygoers showed up and showed out in beautiful costumes for an 18th-century themed Fetes Galantes at the ...

Corsets, known as “stays” in the 18th century, along with panniers, were integral to women’s silhouettes in court fashion. However, the practice of corsetry, which cinches the waist and ...

That legacy can be traced to the 18th century French watchmaker Jean-Charles Oudin, known as Charles, ... Fashion, trends, love and more. An Armed and Legged Fish: How Steve, ...

In the 18th century, people only had letters, but what they wrote about feels very familiar.” England and France have a long, complicated history of being at war, most notably the Hundred Years ...

Objects such as François-André Vincent’s glasses are illuminated through histories of reading, of seeing and of measuring time Portrait of the painter Francois Andre Vincent (1746-1816), 18th ...

Dress codes shown in 18th-Century art can tell us a lot about race and identity – both then and now. Cath Pound explores the details hidden in the "Casta" paintings of Latin America.

Much of this book is devoted to paintings by three celebrated French artists: Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) and François Boucher (1703-70). However, it brings to ...