‎Ademis (Michel)‎
‎Le Grand O‎

‎Le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711). Fils de roi, pere de roi et jamais roi‎

‎Le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711). Fils de roi, pere de roi et jamais roi. 2025. 472 pages, with 335 illustrations in colour. Paperback. 28 x 25cms. Exhibition catalogue of nearly 250 paintings, sculptures, objets d'art, and manuscripts tracing the Grand Dauphin's infancy and education, his life at court and marriage to Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, and his involvement in affairs of state. Discussing the collections of paintings, bronzes, gems and porcelains in his residence at the chateau de Meudon, his commissions from artists like Charles de La Fosse, Jean Jouvenet, Jean Cotelle, Noël Coypel, and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, as well as his projects for the Chateau-Neuf. Text in French.‎

‎Exhibition catalogue of nearly 250 paintings, sculptures, objets d'art, and manuscripts tracing the Grand Dauphin's infancy and education, his life at court and marriage to Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, and his involvement in affairs of state. Discussing the collections of paintings, bronzes, gems and porcelains in his residence at the chateau de Meudon, his commissions from artists like Charles de La Fosse, Jean Jouvenet, Jean Cotelle, Noël Coypel, and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, as well as his projects for the Chateau-Neuf. Text in French‎

‎Grand Procession of Ptolemy Philadelphus‎

‎Rice, E.E.: Grand Procession of Ptolemy Philadelphus. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. 225 pages, not illustrated. Hardback.‎

‎En quête du grand style. La peinture d'histoire britannique au XVIIIe siÚcle‎

‎Blanc, Jean: En quête du grand style. La peinture d'histoire britannique au XVIIIe siÚcle. 2020. 634 pages, illustrated in colour. Paperback. 24 x 22cms. A synthesis of British history painting from the late 17th to the early 19th century, discussing theorists like Edmund Burke, artists such as James Thornhill, William Kent, William Hogarth, James Berry, Joshua Reynolds, and Henry Fuseli, and the emergence of the modern art market. Describing the role of the Royal Academy exhibitions in establishing a taste for history painting and heroic subjects. Several essays look at the impact of salons, politcal projects, and the rise of nationalism in British art. Text in French.‎

‎A synthesis of British history painting from the late 17th to the early 19th century, discussing theorists like Edmund Burke, artists such as James Thornhill, William Kent, William Hogarth, James Berry, Joshua Reynolds, and Henry Fuseli, and the emergence of the modern art market. Describing the role of the Royal Academy exhibitions in establishing a taste for history painting and heroic subjects. Several essays look at the impact of salons, politcal projects, and the rise of nationalism in British art. Text in French‎

‎Tables d'argent : Du grand art de recevoir à la franÃaise‎

‎Addade, Stephane-Jacques: Tables d'argent : Du grand art de recevoir à la franÃaise. 2024. 240 pages, illustrated in colour throughout. Hardback. 30 x 24cms. A look at the use of French table silverware from the last three hundred years. 14 essays look at various dinner settings such as those for suppers during the reign of Louis XVI, or during the Second Empire, navigating a tête-Ã-tête at the table in the 1930s, a cocktail evening in town or a tea break, caviar dinner, ice creams and desserts, art deco style dinner, and post-dinner cigars. The work includes contemporaneous recipes for blinis, quail vol-au-vent cake with morels, red fruit charlotte, cod in asparagus and caviar, royal Kamchatka crab, avocado, mango salad amongst others, and instructs on the art of using a fork, a knife, your bread, and your napkin.. Text in French.‎

‎A look at the use of French table silverware from the last three hundred years. 14 essays look at various dinner settings such as those for suppers during the reign of Louis XVI, or during the Second Empire, navigating a tête-Ã-tête at the table in the 1930s, a cocktail evening in town or a tea break, caviar dinner, ice creams and desserts, art deco style dinner, and post-dinner cigars. The work includes contemporaneous recipes for blinis, quail vol-au-vent cake with morels, red fruit charlotte, cod in asparagus and caviar, royal Kamchatka crab, avocado, mango salad amongst others, and instructs on the art of using a fork, a knife, your bread, and your napkin.. Text in French‎

‎Grand Gallop. Art and Culture of the Horse‎

‎Grand Gallop. Art and Culture of the Horse. 2022. 332 pages, 75 colour and 40 black & white illustrations. Hardback. 30 x 22cms. This publication from the Hong Kong Palace Museum celebrates some of the most important works of horse art from the Palace Museum and the Louvre Museum. Five essays and 45 object entries, dating from the Han (206 BCE-220 CE) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, explore the horse in art in a way that is accessible to general readers, encouraging them to think through comparisons with works from both institutions.‎

‎This publication from the Hong Kong Palace Museum celebrates some of the most important works of horse art from the Palace Museum and the Louvre Museum. Five essays and 45 object entries, dating from the Han (206 BCE-220 CE) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, explore the horse in art in a way that is accessible to general readers, encouraging them to think through comparisons with works from both institutions. Text in English‎