Casanova: The Seduction of Europe Kimbell Signature (40 color and 8 black-and-white

(40 color and 8 black-and-white images

capture these subtle gradations in tone and lush details with contemporary precision

recently acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum

Illuminating the cultures and history of Asia

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Casanova: The Seduction of Europe Kimbell Signature (40 color and 8 black-and-whiteIn eighteenth century Europe, while the old order reveled in the luxurious excesses of the Rococo style and the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of revolution, the shape shifting libertine Giacomo Casanova seduced his way across the Continent. Although notorious for the scores of amorous conquests he recorded in his remarkably frank memoirs, Casanova was just as practiced at charming his way into the most elite social circles, through an inimitable mix