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The Blanton Museum of Art presents “Fantastically French! Design and Architecture in 16th- to 18th-Century Prints,” on view in the Blanton's Paper Vault galleries through August 14, 2022. This exhibition invites visitors to look closely at exquisite details, marvel at fantastic forms, and take delight in ornate embellishments that celebrate the creativity of artistic imagination across three centuries.

Learn more about the exhibition: https://blantonmuseum.org/rotation/fantastically-french-design-and-architecture-in-16th-to-18th-century-prints/

Image credit: Jean-François Janinet, "Les Restes d'un palais égypthien [The Ruins of an Egyptian Palace], after Giovanni Paolo Pannini"; detail, 1770s, aquatint with burin and roulette, colored à la poupée, 14 3/16 × 11 3/16 in., Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, gift of Leo Steinberg, 1996

Fantastically French! - Jean-François Janinet

The Blanton Museum of Art presents “Fantastically French! Design and Architecture in 16th- to 18th-Century Prints,” on view in the Blanton's Paper Vault galleries through August 14, 2022. This exhibition invites visitors to look closely at exquisite details, marvel at fantastic forms, and take delight in ornate embellishments that celebrate the creativity of artistic imagination across three centuries.

Learn more about the exhibition: https://blantonmuseum.org/rotation/fantastically-french-design-and-architecture-in-16th-to-18th-century-prints/

Image credit: Jean Philippe Boulle, "Design for marquetry panel in the grotesque style with procession and staircase"; detail, 1720–1739, etching, 7 11/16 × 17 5/16 in., Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002

Fantastically French! - Jean-Philippe Boulle

The Blanton Museum of Art presents “Fantastically French! Design and Architecture in 16th- to 18th-Century Prints,” on view in the Blanton's Paper Vault galleries through August 14, 2022. This exhibition invites visitors to look closely at exquisite details, marvel at fantastic forms, and take delight in ornate embellishments that celebrate the creativity of artistic imagination across three centuries.

Learn more about the exhibition: https://blantonmuseum.org/rotation/fantastically-french-design-and-architecture-in-16th-to-18th-century-prints/

Image credit: Workshop of René Boyvin, "Fantastical Masked Female Head,after a drawing by Léonard Thiry (after designs by Rosso Fiorentino?)"; detail, 1550s, engraving, 6 1/4 x 4 7/16 in. Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002

Fantastically French! - Introduction

The Blanton Museum of Art presents “Fantastically French! Design and Architecture in 16th- to 18th-Century Prints,” on view in the Blanton's Paper Vault galleries through August 14, 2022. This exhibition invites visitors to look closely at exquisite details, marvel at fantastic forms, and take delight in ornate embellishments that celebrate the creativity of artistic imagination across three centuries.

Learn more about the exhibition: https://blantonmuseum.org/rotation/fantastically-french-design-and-architecture-in-16th-to-18th-century-prints/

Image credit: Israël Silvestre, "Troisième Journée: Rupture du Palais des enchantements de l'Isle d'Alcine représentée par un feu d'artifice [Third Day: The Destruction of the Palace of Enchantments on the Isle of Alcine as Represented by a Fireworks Display], plate 9 from Les Plaisirs de l’Isle Enchantée, ou Les Festes et divertissements du Roy à Versailles [The Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle, or the Celebrations and Entertainments of the King at Versailles]"; detail, 1664, reprinted circa 1860, etching and engraving, 16 3/4 × 21 5/8 in., Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002

Fantastically French! - The Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle

Los Paneles De Mármol

Las Ventanas Y Los Vitrales

Los Totems

La Piedra Exterior

Planificación Y Construcción De "Austin"

Ellsworth Kelly En París

Sobre Ellsworth Kelly

"Austin" Llega a Austin

Bienvenido a "Austin"

Tom Kiefer

Sara Bennett

Nate Lewis

Jeffrey Gibson

Genesis Belenger

As the primary art resource in Austin, we host a year-round schedule of traveling exhibitions as well as rotating artworks from our collection, ensuring art lovers will discover new and old favorites at the Blanton.

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