18th-century French art was dominated by the Baroque, Rococo and neoclassical movements. In France, the death of Louis XIV in September 1715 led to a period...

18th-century French literature is French literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798, the year of the...

The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of...

17th-century French art is generally referred to as Baroque, but from the mid- to late 17th century, the style of French art shows a classical adherence...

in the 19th century (1851–1900) See also List of state leaders in the 18th-century Holy Roman Empire List of state leaders in 18th-century British South...

20th-century French art developed out of the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism that dominated French art at the end of the 19th century. The first...

19th-century French art was made in France or by French citizens during the following political regimes: Napoleon's Consulate (1799–1804) and Empire (1804–14)...

expressed visually. Most of early American art (from the late 18th century through the early 19th century) consists of history painting and especially...

empires French Renaissance literature French literature of the 17th century French literature of the 18th century French Renaissance French Baroque and...

The 18th century was a period of rapid growth for London, reflecting an increasing national population, the early stirrings of the Industrial Revolution...

France–Asia relations span a period of more than two millennia, starting in the 6th century BCE with the establishment of Marseille by Greeks from Asia...

from the French House of Bourbon, initiating a period of French Enlightenment influence in Spain and the Spanish Empire. In the 18th Century, the Spanish...

French art consists of the visual and plastic arts (including French architecture, woodwork, textiles, and ceramics) originating from the geographical...

and encompasses English art, Scottish art, Welsh art and Irish art, and forms part of Western art history. During the 18th century, Britain began to reclaim...

Armour in the 18th century was minimalist and restricted almost entirely to cavalry, primarily to cuirassiers and, to a lesser degree, carabiniers and...

Paris in the 18th century was the second-largest city in Europe, after London, with a population of about 600,000 people. The century saw the construction...

called rocaille or Rococo, which appeared in France and Central Europe until the mid to late 18th century. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese...

Neoclassicism came during the French Revolution in the late 18th century; in France, Rococo art was replaced with the preferred Neoclassical art, which was seen as...

chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists...

France and created a new market of political and scandalous fiction. This led to a market of European rather than French fashions in the early 18th century...

Post-Impressionism (Les Nabis), Art Nouveau and Symbolism led to the first twentieth-century art movements of Fauvism in France and Die Brücke ("The Bridge")...

16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous wars, especially with France, along with the...

18th and 19th centuries. The collection features fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries with important holdings of French 18th-century...

the history of France, the period from 1789 to 1914, dubbed the "long 19th century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, extends from the French Revolution's...

Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, eventually competing with Romanticism...

ROH-kə-KOH; French: [ʁɔkɔko] or [ʁokoko] ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration...

The French theatre of the late 18th century functioned as a forum for political expression and debate; during this period, society and art became highly...

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in...

(1661–1722) The expression "Rococo" is used for much European art throughout the 18th century, including works by the Italians Giovanni Battista Tiepolo...

the 18th century, theorists such as Baumgarten, Schiller and Kant had promoted the autonomy of Aesthetics through the concept of "art for art's sake"...