“The true allure of the Louis XVI style lies in its flawless execution. It marks a moment in France when the finest hands and minds converged—the greatest artisans, visionary artists, master furniture makers, carpenters, gilders, and silk weavers. It was an era that distilled the...
Architect Luca Bombassei's 15th-century Palazzo Contarini Corfù overlooking the Grand Canal belongs in a category all its own. It is nearly 6,500 square feet of light-flooded rooms, three exposures, and five centuries of Venetian memory, reimagined by a collector who refuses to let any single...
"Classicism is health." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Classicism is not a single style but a recurring instinct. It is the belief that order, symmetry, and the architecture of antiquity are the truest expressions of power and taste. In France, this instinct surfaced again and again across...
Summer is especially magical in Venice. The light turns thick and golden over the lagoon and on the island of Murano, a maestro is pulling a molten ribbon of color from the furnace that will outlast the season by a century. At Jean-Marc Fray Antiques,...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZe4HVAipff/ Throughout his life, artist David Hockney made the act of looking an act of joy. Across seven decades, simple spaces such as a swimming pool, a hedge, or a friend's living room could become, in his hands, a small revelation about how human eyes actually...
"Beads fill the spaces between things. They don't get in the way." — Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker There is a particular kind of summer book for when we most want to be transported. For those of us who love the water and light of Venice, the...