Paris: Life & Luxury

Clocks and Globes – How Prosperous Parisians in the 18th Century Navigated Their Day (with Bonus Ringtone)

Enter Paris: Life & Luxury, closing this Sunday, and you’ll hear chimes pinging through the galleries from extravagant clocks that French aristocrats used to... Read More

Jessica Portner | August 3, 2011

Power Breakfast Inspired by a King: The 18th-Century Toilette

Dressing for success.

Play the Paris Gallery Game!

The exhibition Paris: Life & Luxury transports you to an affluent Parisian home in the mid-1700s. It’s presented in a series of rooms that... Read More

Kim Sadler | July 5, 2011

Paris Gamblers: Gaming in 18th-Century France

The well-coiffed elite of the time relished a good card game.

“Paris: Life & Luxury”—In Culinary Form

Paris in the mid-18th century was a time of invention in the culinary arts. Food was an integral part of the fashion and culture... Read More

Heather Ogg | April 26, 2011

Harvard Historian Robert Darnton on Blogging, 18th-Century Style

Opening this week at the Getty Center is Paris: Life & Luxury, which traces the refined activities that took place inside a luxurious Parisian... Read More

Annelisa Stephan | April 25, 2011