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George modernised what was a draughty, rundown building with the greatest luxuries of the day, and filled it with his favourite art and furniture. George adored the grand and extravagant. And nobody did grand and extravagant better than the French. And luckily for George, while he was Prince of Wales, the French Revolution was happening, releasing a cultural goldmine of treasures. So, while the French aristocracy were being marched towards the guillotine, George had no scruples in snapping up their masterpieces going cheap and shipping them to England. George was the collector par excellence of objects that, to our eyes, look outrageously over the top. But they' re undeniably examples of supreme craftsmanship. |
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qiáo zhì gǎi zào le zhè zuò sì chù tòu fēng de pò jiù jiàn zhù, shǐ yòng liǎo rú jīn kàn qǐ lái réng rán hěn shē huá de zhuāng shì, yě bǎi mǎn le tā xǐ huān de yì shù pǐn hé jiā jù. qiáo zhì hěn chóng shàng xióng zhuàng shē chǐ de wù pǐn, ér fǎ guó de shē chǐ pǐn yòu wú chū qí yòu zhě, ér qiáo zhì yě hěn xìng yùn. zài tā hái shì wēi ěr shì qīn wáng de shí hòu, fǎ guó dà gé mìng yǐ jīng bào fā, liú chū dà liàng wén huà jīn kuàng de bǎo zàng. suǒ yǐ, dāng fǎ guó de zuì zú men bèi sòng shàng duàn tóu tái de shí hòu, qiáo zhì háo wú gù jì dì qiǎng gòu tā men de zhēn cáng pǐn, suǒ fèi wú duō, rán hòu yòng chuán yùn huí yīng guó. qiáo zhì shì zuì zhuō yuè de yì shù cáng jiā, yě yǒu zuì dǐng jí de yì shù yǎn guāng. bù kě fǒu rèn zhèi xiē yì shù pǐn dōu shì zuì gāo shuǐ píng de jié zuò. |