France in Focus gets a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the Académie française, the temple of the French language. Our reporters delve into the history of this 17th-century institution ...

Robert Couturier’s eye for scale, color, and material is just as appropriate for modern living as it would have been in the ancien régime he so favors. The ELLE DECOR A-List Titan’s skill is ...

Here's your look at gameplay from The Abbess Garden in this trailer for the upcoming cozy and historical gardening game set in 17th-century France. Play as Agnes, a young peasant tasked to grow plants ...

23, No. 2, Nov., 1925 The First Six Decades of French Seventee... The First Six Decades of French Seventeenth-Century Comedy This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section.

The central hall of Raffaele Fabrizio’s 17th-century palazzo in Valmorea, Italy, a village near Lake Como, features trompe l’oeil windows and a vaulted ceiling with faux coffered panels.