À L’ANCIEN RÈGIME IS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF ROCOCO Tumblr (3.0; @a-l-ancien-regime)http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4yp5oW9TD1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Willowbrook Park Manor</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24223410514http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24223410514Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:27:23 +0300Willowbrook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xm20T0FW1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Louis Tocqué (1696–1772) </p> <p>Portrait of Louis, Dauphin of France</p> <p>1739</p> <p>oil on canvas</p> <p>Hermitage Museum</p> <div></div>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24222333042http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24222333042Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:10:31 +0300Louis Tocqué<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xenpwlQG1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Anton Raphael Mengs - Truth</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24187482254http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24187482254Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:34:09 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xg6hecrc1r1dcs8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Satyr Cabinet Hallway</p> <p>Ludwigsburg Palace</p> <p>This hallway is decorated in ornate stucco work and sculptures in the Baroque style.</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186906515http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186906515Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:05:17 +0300Festival Ensemble2006MedievalMaulbronnMonasteryLudwigsburgPalaceSchlossGardensBaroqueKlostercloister<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xfwnOI8P1r1dcs8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ludwigsburg residenzschloss</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186850998http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186850998Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:02:28 +0300Ludwigsburgresidenzschloss<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xjorgBsZ1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Château de Madame du Barry</p> <p>Louveciennes</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186720924http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186720924Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:56:14 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ximl96Md1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Château de Madame du Barry</p> <p>Louveciennes</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186704362http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186704362Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:55:27 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4q48eyvu41r1dcs8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>L. Rohbock / C. Rohrich: The Neptune Pool in the imperial palace gardens at Schönbrunn near Vienna, steelplate engraving, 1873</p> <p>(via <a href="http://english.habsburger.net/module-en/unter-goettern-und-helden-2013-habsburg-schoenbrunn-und-die-antike/habsburg-schoenbrunn-und-die-antike/MB-ST_R5-MOD3-02.jpg/?size=preview&plus=1" target="_blank">The World of the Habsburgs </a>)</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186503891http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186503891Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:46:02 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pinnLBjW1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bedroom, the White House</p> <p>Jacqueline Kennedy had requested the help of  Henry Parish II, in decorating their private quarters.</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186499316http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186499316Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:45:51 +0300White HouseJacqueline Kennedy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xk0u7gVR1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186374717http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24186374717Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:40:04 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4o0nrCsFF1r1dcs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Farnborough Hall</p> <p>Decoration on the south wall of the dining room at Farnborough Hall</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24138194773http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24138194773Thu, 31 May 2012 21:10:53 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xojphBC31r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Silver kettle with ivory , Paul de Lamerie, London, 1736-38. </p> <p>Paul de Lamerie (1688–1751) was the greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th century. A Huguenot, or French Protestant, he came to London as a small child with his parents, fleeing persecution in France.</p> <p>His success lay in his exceptional powers of invention and creation, but also in his ability as a businessman.</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24138134685http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24138134685Thu, 31 May 2012 21:09:36 +0300Paul de Lamerie<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4o0hq2Dq51r1dcs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Farnborough Hall</p> <p>The oval pavilion at Farnborough Hall</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24137739572http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24137739572Thu, 31 May 2012 21:01:19 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0unsvoHyw1qgsm1yo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span><br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24137637491http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24137637491Thu, 31 May 2012 20:59:13 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4us8sJkKN1rrd8u8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24137514718http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24137514718Thu, 31 May 2012 20:56:34 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ll89M9om1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>french urn with flowers</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136882455http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136882455Thu, 31 May 2012 20:42:53 +0300urn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4o1b6VMNO1r1dcs8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Trafalgar Park</p> <p>Rococo plasterwork in the hall at Trafalgar Park.</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136773517http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136773517Thu, 31 May 2012 20:40:30 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4t610Stsm1qackkdo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136704658http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136704658Thu, 31 May 2012 20:39:00 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vou25sEm1r1dcs8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Stone has a voice</p> <p>Fraternal things, cosmic memory</p> <p>Of the divine hope</p> <p>Which expands in an infinite thrust</p> <p>And cools into forms of granite, </p> <p>Earth and fire – beautiful brute forms!</p> <p>And it kindles in the imperfect creature</p> <p>(Humanized, embodied night)</p> <p>Souls, which are intimate stars</p> <p>Poem by Teixeira de Pascoaes (Portugal) 1877–1952</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136649927http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136649927Thu, 31 May 2012 20:37:46 +0300Portugal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vjdpvEhW1r1dcs8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>memorial monument of the 1671 fire of london by wren, panel carved by cibber, london</p>http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136608412http://a-l-ancien-regime.tumblr.com/post/24136608412Thu, 31 May 2012 20:36:51 +0300