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The Terrace

Artist: Follower of Canaletto (Antonio Canal; Italian, 1697–1768)

Date: c. 1745

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Louis XV in Coronation Robes

Artist: Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743)

Date: 1730

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museum of The History of France, Palace of Versailles, Paris, France

Louis XV

Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved, was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reached maturity (then defined as his 13th birthday) in 1723, the kingdom was ruled by his grand-uncle Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, as Regent of France. Cardinal Fleury was chief minister from 1726 until his death in 1743, at which time the king took sole control of the kingdom.

St. Servan

Artist: Frank Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)

Date: 1926

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I've done a few complex projects in my day, but this one might take the cake. “Regenaissance (Polyversikube)” is a nine canvas polyptych conceptually inspired by the principle elements of fractals, the Golden Ratio, and a Rubik’s Cube. The name “Regenaissance” is an abstract composite derived from the words Renaissance (meaning “rebirth”) and Genesis (meaning “the beginning”). Presented in a 3 x 3 structural format, each of the nine components can be moved, rotated, and rearranged so that any side of any element can connect to any side of any of the other eight pieces. The result of the calculated configurations is a broad and almost limitless spectrum of orientations and variations with which to play... 95,126,814,720 to be exact.

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