Tag Archives: Vaux-le-Vicomte

fatal showplace

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dave

To give a great party is a dangerous thing. A few famous balls have been enshrined in history and golden legend-none more so than the Duchess of Richmond’s in Brussels on the eve of Waterloo, remembered in the celebrated lines … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Jean de la Fontaine, Jean-Baptiste Lully, King Louis XIV, La Fontaine poet, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Moliere, Nicolas Fouquet, Nicolas Poussin, Vatel French chef, Vaux-le-Vicomte | Leave a comment

water worlds: the aqueous arts

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dave

Water as the wine of architecture. Sparkling or still, its ability to enhance a building has been appreciated for centuries. Water is spirit to architecture’s substance; it is the wit and grace of a building; narcissistic sheets of silver for … Continue reading →