The Age of Louis XVI Author:Alvar Gonzalez Palacios 68 plates in full colour! The reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette brought French 18th century art to a sumptuous climax. After Louis XV and the exuberant whorls of the Rococo style, artists and designers sought inspiration int he more restrained lines of classical Greek and Roman art. But this was also the time when the first signs of Roman... more »ticism could be seen, like the deslightful rustic cottage built by Marie Antoinette at Versailles. These parallel trends are well shown by the splendid illustrations and by the author, Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios who describes not only painting, sculture and architecture, but also silver, tapestries and textiles, porceilain and furniture.« less