In the 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, a young woman, Belle, dances and sings inside a magical castle where inanimate objects come to life. The cast of characters includes a French-accented ...

Though young viewers may not realize it, the animators of some of Disney’s most memorable films drew deeply from European visual culture. In “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative ...

The art of the Rococo was not merely supposed to be fun (“Icons: Disney Knows Rococo,” Review, Nov. 27); it is frequently suggestive, intended for the private delectation of adult viewers. Jean-Honoré ...

“Travel was one of the great inventions of the Rococo Age,” he tells us, before settling down on the steps of the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Balthasar Neumann’s great architectural ...

In 1918, a 16-year-old Walt Disney made the first of many visits to France, said Rachel Campbell-Johnston in The Times. The trip would have a pivotal effect on his career: he had come to work as a Red ...

The of the Wyant Art Study Club met on March 8 in the home of Linda Diehl. Present were Deb Hench, Carol Koester, Shirley Witteborg, Barbara Warncke and the hostess Linda Diehl. Linda presented an ...

I TREMBLE when I look forward to the reopening of the Residenztheater,” said Rococo Theater Expert Dr. Giinther Schone, director of Munich’s Theater Museum. “I am afraid that the new gold leaf will ...