Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts

The animated version of Beauty and the Beast opened in movie theaters three decades ago this year, a teapot and cup (Mrs. Potts and son Chip), clock (Cogsworth), and candelabra (Lumière) among its cast of characters. Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts showcases forty 18^th-century European objects of the type that helped shape the studio’s aesthetic from the 1930s on, together with hand-drawn production art and film footage.