The Wharton Group
Discover France: Rococo Style
This website gives the history of the Rococo, a style of decoration in Europe and France in the 18th century. It applies to other forms of art, but not architecture. Provides related links.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Ordway Partridge
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William Ordway Partridge is described here along with information on his contributions to art through sculpture (portrait busts and statues).
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Hiram Powers
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Hiram Powers is described here along with information on his contributions to art through sculpture, and most famously his portrait busts of idealized figures.