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  2. Thomas Gainsborough's Cottage Door works - Wikipedia

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    Hilly landscape with peasant family at a Cottage Door, Children playing and Woodcutter returning The Woodcutters Return. Thomas Gainsborough was the first British artist to employ cottages as a major subject, [1] [2] in what has become known as his "Cottage Door" paintings, painted during the final decades of his life; and was in the vanguard of a late 18th century fad of interest in them.

  3. Rococo painting - Wikipedia

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    The group began to develop a revivalist and nostalgic style, inspired by 18th century literature and painting, and to follow a way of life similar to that of the old aristocracy, with its salons and sophisticated habits, attracting the attention of other writers and poets. Soon their number would become considerable, giving rise to a romantic ...

  4. Category:18th-century paintings - Wikipedia

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    18th-century painting stubs (361 P) Pages in category "18th-century paintings" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.

  5. Rococo - Wikipedia

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    Rococo, less commonly Roccoco (/ r ə ˈ k oʊ k oʊ / rə-KOH-koh, US also / ˌ r oʊ k ə ˈ k oʊ / ROH-kə-KOH; French: or ⓘ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and ...

  6. Haussmann's renovation of Paris - Wikipedia

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    The 18th century architectural theorist and historian Quatremere de Quincy had proposed establishing or widening public squares in each of the neighbourhoods, expanding and developing the squares in front the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame and the church of Saint Gervais, and building a wide street to connect the Louvre with the Hôtel de Ville, the ...

  7. Servants' quarters - Wikipedia

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    At 18th-century Holkham Hall, service and secondary wings (foreground) clearly flank the mansion and were intended to be viewed as part of the overall facade.. Servants' quarters, also known as staff's quarters, are those parts of a building, traditionally in a private house, which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation.

  8. Northumberland House (painting) - Wikipedia

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    Northumberland House is a 1752 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto. Painted during his nine-year stay in Britain he depicts Northumberland House on the Strand by Charing Cross in London close to the location of the later Trafalgar Square .

  9. Rococo architecture - Wikipedia

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    Rococo architecture, prevalent during the reign of Louis XV in France from 1715 to 1774, is an exceptionally ornamental and exuberant architectural style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements.

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