Marlise Brown is a Ph.D. candidate in art history at Temple University, where she specializes in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art and architecture. Her research focuses on identity construction, gender and patronage, as well as the intersections of visual art, music, and theater. As a researcher and educator, she has worked at Temple University, The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Palmer Museum of Art.
German architecture in the 18th century refashioned the imported French Rococo and Italian Baroque styles to create something distinct.