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French claims to the Mississippi watershed and the central Gulf Coast dated to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries when French explorers descended the Mississippi from the Great Lakes and French officials established Biloxi (1699), Mobile (1702), and New Orleans (1718). These new towns and their surrounding settlements grew slowly, but their place in French aspirations was immense. New Orleans was to be the southern counterpart to Quebec and Montreal, providing the same commercial and governmental functions for Louisiana—the whole of the Mississippi watershed—that those c...

rodolphe janssen opens an exhibition of works by Emily Mae Smith Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and rodolphe janssen, Brussels. Photo: HV photography. by Alex Turgeon BRUSSELS .- Painting is often seen as an act of thaumaturgy—an act of working form into wonders. This process is similarly performed through the material manipulation of paint on a canvas. As space akin to a site of piety often reserved for the veneration of the holy, or as a container for associated artifacts of praxis, the artist’s studio is considered a sacred space for studied acts of speculation and imagination...

Country Life Trending: February 15, 2021 St Jerome in His Study, about 1475, 18in by 14in, by Antonello da Messina (about 1430–79), National Gallery, London. Credit: Alamy Tim Sainsbury on St Jerome in His Study by Antonello da Messina ‘Antonello da Messina is often credited with introducing painting in oils to Italy and was a pioneer in the use of linear perspective. But it is the exquisite detail evident in every part of the painting that, for me, makes this work so special. You can study it for hours and still spot something new. ‘St Jerome is generally regarded as t...

FitzerGetty Images The last several months have shown us what we will consider to be self-care essentials no matter how dark and weird current events become. Skincare and bath salts, yes. Nail polish? Maybe not. Perfume, surprisingly, has proven be particularly pandemic-proof: Sales for all things home-scent-related have surged, while traditional spritz-on-the-wrist fragrances have continued to sell apace, even when most of us are venturing out, if at all, with masked nostrils muted to the smells of the world. For many, this has actually been a time of awakening to the power of pe...