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All Versailles
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Author : J. Georges D'Hoste
language : en
Publisher: Casa Editrice Bonechi
Release Date : 2006
All Versailles written by J. Georges D'Hoste and has been published by Casa Editrice Bonechi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Travel categories.
Versailles From Louis Xiv To Jeff Koons
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Author : Catherine Pégard
language : en
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-01
Versailles From Louis Xiv To Jeff Koons written by Catherine Pégard and has been published by Assouline Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-01 with Travel categories.
Lavishly illustrated with archival images and beautiful photography, Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons features insightful texts by Catherine Pégard, president of the Château de Versailles, with the collaboration of Mathieu da Vinha, scientific director of the Château de Versailles Research Center, revealing all the stories that have unfolded within this glorious monument.
All Versailles
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Author : Jean Georges D'Hoste
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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The Gardener Of Versailles
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Author : Alain Baraton
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2014-02-11
The Gardener Of Versailles written by Alain Baraton and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Gardening categories.
An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.
Visitors To Versailles
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Author : Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2018-04-16
Visitors To Versailles written by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-16 with Art categories.
What was it like to visit one of the most magnificent courts of Europe? Based on a wealth of contemporary documents and surviving works of art, this lavish book explores the experiences of those who swarmed the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy. Engaging essays describe methods of transportation, the elaborate codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the palace and gardens. Also presented are the many types of visitors and guests who eagerly made their way to this center of power and culture, including day-trippers and Grand Tourists, European diplomats, overseas ambassadors, incognito travelers, and Americans. Through paintings and portraits, furniture, costumes and uniforms, arms and armor, guidebooks, and other works of art, Visitors to Versailles illuminates what travelers encountered at court and what impressions, gifts, and souvenirs they took home with them. In bringing to life their experiences, this sumptuously illustrated volume reminds us why Versailles has enchanted generations of visitors from the ancien régime to the present day.
The Story Of Versailles
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Author : Francis Loring Payne
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-04-28
The Story Of Versailles written by Francis Loring Payne and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-28 with Fiction categories.
From the low heights of Satory we get a complete view of the plains of Versailles--the woods, the town and the sumptuous chateau. The palace on its dais rules the scene. The village and ornamental environment have been constructed to augment its majesty. Even the soil has been "molded into new forms" at a monarch's caprice. Versailles is the expression of monarchy, as conceived by Louis XIV. It is the only epic produced in his reign--a reign so fertile in the other forms of poetry, and in talent of all kinds. What epic ever chronicled the destiny of an epoch in a manner more brilliant and complete? In this poem of stone the manners of heroic and familiar life mingle at every step. Besides the halls and galleries, the theaters of royal estate, there are mysterious passages and sequestered nooks that whisper a thousand secret histories. The palace has two voices, one grave and one gay and trifling. It is full of truths and fictions, tears and smiles. The personages of its drama are as various as life itself; kings, poets, ministers, courtiers, confessors, courtesans, queens without power, and queens with too much power; ambassadors, generals, little abb�s and great ladies; nobles, clergy, even the people. For two centuries did this crowd continue to pass and re-pass over these marble floors and under these gilded vaults; and every day its flood became more impetuous, every day it gave way more and more to the whims and passions. And the palace heard all, saw all, spied all--and has retained all, each action in its acted hour, each word in its place.
A Day At Versailles
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Author : Yves Carlier
language : en
Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
Release Date : 2014-04
A Day At Versailles written by Yves Carlier and has been published by Flammarion-Pere Castor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04 with Architecture categories.
The Chateau de Versailles is one of the most beautiful and fascinating achievements of eighteenth-century French art. This unique book offers readers unprecedented access to this historical treasure. The world's most iconic chateau has welcomed tourists the world over, yet this handsome slipcased volume offers up the charm of a thousand and one hidden places in the chateau, its gardens, and pavilions. All were designed to surprise and delight the eye and all the senses at every turn, their ornate decoration forming an integral part of the elite lifestyle of the eighteenth century. This comprehensive volume captures the exquisite setting and inimitable ambience of Versailles and its gardens, from its intimate private spaces usually closed to the general public to the charming Petit Trianon and dairy farm created for the pure pleasure of Marie-Antoinette.
The Story Of Versailles
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Author : Francis Loring Payne
language : en
Publisher: Tutis Digital Pub
Release Date : 2008-03
The Story Of Versailles written by Francis Loring Payne and has been published by Tutis Digital Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03 with History categories.
Statue of Louis XIV, the Builder of Versailles S 1 6 r y o Versailles BY FRANCIS LOBING PAYNE NEW YORK MOFFAT, YABD COMPANY 1919 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION xi OHAPTXB I. THE BEGINNING OF VERSAILLES . . 1 II. THE MAKING OF VERSAILLES. THE LUXURIOUS CHATEAU AND PARKLAND OF Louis XIV 9 III. THE LUXURY OF VERSAILLES ... 26 IV. THE GARDENS, THE FOUNTAINS AND THE GRAND TRIANON 43 V. A DAY WITH THE Smsr KING ... 68 VI. GOLDEN DAYS AND RED LETTER NIGHTS 91 VII. THE WOMEN OF VERSAILLES . . . 118 VIII. THE VERSAILLES OF Louis XV ., 142 IX. THE TWILIGHT OF THE BOURBON KINGS 156 X. THE SHRINE OF ROYAL MEMORIES THE SCENE OF WORLD ADJUSTMENTS. . 190 FOREWORD THE HALL OF MIRRORS I If you could speak what tales your tongues could tell. You voiceless mirrors of the storied past Do you remember when the curtain fell On him who learned he was not God at last II Do you still see the shadows of the great On powdered wigs and velvets, silks and lace Or dream at night a feted queen, in state, Accepts mens homage with a haughty face Ill A thousand names come tumbling to the mind, Of dead who gazed upon themselves through you, And went their way, each one his end to find In paths that glory or red terror knew. IV Voltaire and Rousseau and Ben Franklin here, YouVe seen hobnobbing with the highly-born Seen Genius smile, while, with a hint of fear, It gave to Birth not homage but its scorn. FOREWORD V Do you remember that Teutonic jaw Of Mm who crowned an emperor, that you Might know that Bismarck was above all law And free to do what victor vandals do VI Oh, Hall of Visions, now shall come anon A grander sight than you have ever seen Youve mirrored kings, but you shall look upon The mighty men whose edicts freedommean VII To races and to peoples sore oppressed The men who mould the future for a race That breathes a wind thats blowing from the West And youll forget the Bourbons evil face EDWARD S. VAN ZIUE. N. Y. Eve. Sun., Nov. 5 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Builder of Versailles . . . . Frontispiece FACING PAGE Versailles The Hall of Mirrors The Fountain at Versailles INTRODUCTION A TBAVELERS BEFLECTIONS ON VEKSAILLES FBOM the low heights of Satory we get a complete view of the plains of Versailles the woods, the town and the sumptuous cha teau. The palace on its dais rules the scene The village and ornamental environment have been constructed to augment its majesty. Even the soil has been molded into new forms at a monarchs caprice. Versailles is the expression of monarchy, as conceived by Louis XIV. It is the only epic produced in his reign a reign so fertile in the other forms of poetry, and in talent of all kinds. What epic ever chronicled the destiny of an epoch in a manner more bril liant and complete In this poem of stone the manners of heroic and familiar life mingle at every step. Besides the halls and xi Introduction galleries, the theaters of royal estate, there are mysterious passages and sequestered nooks that whisper a thousand secret his tories The palace has two voices, one grave and one gay and trifling. It is full of truths and fictions, tears and smiles. The person ages of its drama are as various as life itself kings, poets, ministers, courtiers, confessors, courtesans, queens without power, and queens with too much power ambassadors, generals, little abbes and great ladies nobles, clergy, even the people. For two centuries did this crowd continue to pass and re-pass over thesemarble floors and un der these gilded vaults and every day its flood became more impetuous, every day it gave way more and more to the whims and passions. And the palace heard all, saw all, spied all and has retained all, each action in its acted hour, each word in its place. During the two centuries of absolute mon archy, nothing took place that Versailles did not either originate or answer Every shot xii
Versailles
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Author : Claire Constans
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Release Date : 1998
Versailles written by Claire Constans and has been published by Rizzoli International Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architecture categories.
When built, the world of Versailles seemed so grandiose that guides and descriptions appeared from the very first years of its construction. This perfect expression of absolute monarchy, every detail of which was overseen by Louis XIV, became the model for European royal palaces thereafter. Full-color photographs taken throughout the year reflect the beauty of Versailles in all four seasons: included are the newly restored rooms of what were the private headquarters of the monarch. While stunningly beautiful, this book boasts an important text by the world's leading experts, who introduce new and important scholarship to a subject that remains endlessly fascinating to every visitor to France.
1919 Versailles The End Of The War To End All Wars
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Author : Charles L. Mee Jr.
language : en
Publisher: New Word City
Release Date : 2014-08-05
1919 Versailles The End Of The War To End All Wars written by Charles L. Mee Jr. and has been published by New Word City this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with History categories.
World War I and the Versailles Treaty that followed produced the most serious upheaval in a long and stormy course of modern world history. Four great empires - Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, and Turkey - were part of the war's rubble. Far from restoring order, the diplomats who met in 1919 at Paris and Versailles plunged the world into the chaos of the twentieth century. Here, from award-winning historian Charles Mee, is the account of what happened when the three most powerful heads of state gathered to establish a new order.
