Room 1: Baroque, Europe 1600-1700
Highlights in this gallery include an altar made of amber and ivory, Italian silk embroidered wall hangings, terracotta sketch models by the sculptor Bernini and a Torah ma…
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Room 2: Baroque, Europe 1600-1700
These galleries begin with displays of some of the sumptuous objects collected and displayed in Kunstkammer or Cabinets of Curiosities during the 1600s.
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Room 3: Baroque, Europe 1600-1700
These galleries begin with displays of some of the sumptuous objects collected and displayed in Kunstkammer or Cabinets of Curiosities during the 1600s. They continue with …
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Room 54: Baroque, Palladianism and Propaganda
Room 54 reflects the flourishing of skills such as decorative painting, carving, metalwork and upholstery in the exuberant Baroque style. Foreign artists and craftsmen, suc…
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Room 53: Rococo Style
Room 53 is a study into the flamboyant Rococo style. It was used mainly for objects and interiors and never used for architecture apart from the occasional garden building,…
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Room 4: Rococo & Neo-Classicism, Europe 1700-1800
These galleries abound with superlative examples of the Rococo and Neo-Classical styles. These range in scale from exquisite enamelled snuff boxes and Meissen and Sèvres po…
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Room 5: Rococo & Neo-Classicism, Europe 1700-1800
These galleries abound with superlative examples of the Rococo and Neo-Classical styles. These range in scale from exquisite enamelled snuff boxes and Meissen and Sèvres po…
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Room 7: Rococo & Neo-Classicism, Europe 1700-1800
These galleries abound with superlative examples of the Rococo and Neo-Classical styles. These range in scale from exquisite enamelled snuff boxes and Meissen and Sèvres po…
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Room 53a: More Rococo & Developments in Ceramics
Room 53a delves further into the asymmetrical Rococo style . Motifs which typify the style such as 'C' and 'S' scrolls as well as marine elements can be seen on several obj…
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Baroque: Magnificence & Style (Paperback)
The complexity and sophistication of Baroque art, developed through the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, could be understood as an attempt …
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