Celebrated the world over for dexterous works across the arts, Benvenuto Cellini struck a virtuoso performance through the skill of his hand and the intricate workings of his mind...
Pass the Salt: Cellini’s Famed Salt Cellar
Category: Makers and Creators
Marie Antoinette at Versailles: The Petit Trianon & Queen’s Hamlet
While a touch of the fanciful on my part, in many ways, I like to think of Marie-Antoinette as an early influencer – as an interior stylist or style diarist...
The Elizabethan Country House & Cult Of Sovereignty
From 1570 – 1620 one can chart the ‘Elizabethan building boom’. Here, we see an unprecedented rise in the building of ‘proud, ambitious heaps’ and the beginnings of the architect...
