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Harvard Historian Robert Darnton on Blogging, 18th-Century Style
Opening this week at the Getty Center is Paris: Life & Luxury, which traces the refined activities that took place inside a luxurious Parisian town house of the mid-1700s. On the streets outside...
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“Paris: Life & Luxury”—In Culinary Form
Paris in the mid-18th century was a time of invention in the culinary arts. Food was an integral part of the fashion and culture of this bustling city. Haute cuisine has its foundations in this time...
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Paris Gamblers: Gaming in 18th-Century France
Players of backgammon, bridge, and bingo might feel a keen camaraderie with the prosperous Parisians of the 1700s whose sumptuous world is brought to life in the current exhibition Paris: Life &...
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Four for Fashion: Free Events, Expensive Outfits
It’s the summer of decadent outfits here at the Getty. Just opened is Fashion in the Middle Ages, which gives you a peek at clothing, real and fantastic, in the pages of manuscripts; continuing is the...
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Play the Paris Gallery Game!
Find the six things that are different! Portrait of Gabriel Bernard de Rieux, Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, about 1739–41 The exhibition Paris: Life & Luxury transports you to an affluent Parisian...
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Power Breakfast Inspired by a King: The 18th-Century Toilette
When posh Parisians in the mid-18th century greeted the day, their morning ritual wasn’t anything like our hasty shower, breakfast, and dash out the door. Their toilette, or ritual of rising and...
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Clocks and Globes – How Prosperous Parisians in the 18th Century Navigated...
Installation view of Paris: Life & Luxury at the Getty Center showing the accoutrements of a gentleman’s study, including globes, a clock, and fine furniture Enter Paris: Life & Luxury, closing...
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