In “That Rococo Feeling: Joie de Vivre,” I examine an antebellum parlor recently transported from the Butler-Greenwood Plantation in Louisiana to the New Orleans Museum of Art, Rococo Revival aesthetics, ornamentation, Gaston Bachelard, floriculture, Francis Ponge, and finding joy within borders.
That Rococo Feeling: Joie de Vivre
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