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Most visitors to Powis Castle in Wales are content to take away a postcard or some other National Trust memento of the site. Three years ago, an unknown group of visitors took things several steps further: three lead statues - a shepherd boy, a piping faun and an antique Venus - and two baroque

Publication: The Independent (London, England)

Venus Fountain protected.

M2 PRESSWIRE-22 August 2006-UK Government: Venus Fountain protected(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22082006 The Venus Fountain in Sloane Square has been listed at Grade II, Culture Minister David Lammy has announced. The fountain was installed in 1953, to the designs of highly regarded

Publication: M2 Presswire

A touch of class; Perfect accessories for that ancestral look can be found at the cream of garden auctions, says Katrina Burroughs.

Byline: KATRINA BURROUGHS THE smart money this summer is on antique garden ornaments. In the season's sales of statuary and sundials, you can pick up fabulous pure whitemarble fountains, imposing carved limestone finials and magnificent scrolled and curlicued ironwork for your country estate. And,

Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)

Tracing Fragonard's path from lustful to loving

Art Review Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love and Printed LoveAt: Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, through Jan. 21. 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu WILLIAMSTOWN - The French artist Jean-Honore Fragonard is best known for the frothy scenes of wink-wink-nudge-nudge erotic

Publication: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)

It may look ugly, but don't miss this special town in Provence.

Byline: NIGEL HORNE BEAUTY and the beast is an apt parallel to describe Aix-en-Provence's way of hiding its best assets. But fail to look beyond its outer rim and you'll miss a treat. Drive down the Autoroute du Soleil then, just north of Marseille, turn off on to the La Provencale, and you will

Publication: Daily Mail (London)