Splendors of Versailles,9781577171621

Splendors of Versailles

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ISBN13: 9781577171621
ISBN10: 1577171624
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): Todtri Book Pub
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Summary

This detailed and richly illustrated, full-color volume offers a view of such treasures from Versailles as magnificent state rooms, royal portraits, fine tapestries, elaborate clocks, and classic furnishings, porcelain, and chinaware. It provides insight into a gilded court life that has long since vanished and reminds us of the enduring value of the arts and fine craftsmanship.

Table of Contents

Sponsors 12(2)
The Mississippi Commission for International Cultural Exchange, Inc. 14(1)
Musee National des Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon 15(1)
Prefaces 16(3)
Habert Astier
Pierre Arizzoli-Clementel
Foreword 19(2)
Jack L. Kyle
Building Versailles
21(10)
Claire Constans
Royal Propaganda: The Paintings in the King's State Apartment
31(8)
Xavier Salmon
The Equestrian Statue of Louis XIV
39(4)
Simone Hoog
The Dog Room and the Hunters Dining Room
43(73)
Christian Baulez
Chronology
54(1)
Genealogy
55(61)
The Catalogue
The Court's Reigning Flower Painter
116(10)
Xavier Salmon
The Story of the King Tapestries
126(10)
Xavier Salmon
The King's Conquests Tapestries
136(35)
Xavier Salmon
Jean-Baptiste Oudry's Five Senses
171(34)
Xavier Salmon
Porcelain at Versailles
205(18)
Xavier Salmon
Appendix Translations of French Inscriptions 223

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