Walt Disney didn’t invent princess culture. He borrowed it from 18th-century Paris
‘Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of the French Decorative Arts,’ a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, traces Disney’s movies back to influences from Rococo. My six-year-old daughter—together with little ladies around the globe—aspires to be a princess. However her notions of princesses are formed virtually solely by the heroines of Disney motion…