Paintings: French school, from the Primitives to the Grand Siècle
A true temple of ancient French painting. The Louvre paints a whole portrait of its evolution overtime, through many masterpieces, mostly through exceptional personalities, who give it those strength and originality for want of the true stylistic unity that is found in foreign schools.
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Paintings: French school, the Age of Enlightenment
The death of Louis XIV puts an end to a good century of magnificence, though somewhat stiff. People long for more lightness.
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