The Versailles Effect : Objects, Lives, and Afterlives of the Domaine
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Material Culture of Art and Design
ISBN-10
135043759X
ISBN-13
9781350437593
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 18th, 2024
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
466 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 2.00 cms
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Art & design styles: BaroqueHistory of architectureEuropean historyMaterial culture
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The essays in this volume show that Versailles was not the static creation of one man, but a hugely complex cultural space; a centre of power, but also of life, love, anxiety, creation, and an enduring palimpsest of aspirations, desires, and ruptures. The splendour of the Château and the masterpieces of art and design that it contains mask a more complex and sometimes more sordid history of human struggle and achievement. The case studies presented by the contributors to this book cannot provide a comprehensive account of the Palace of Versailles and its domains, the life within its walls, its visitors, and the art and architecture that it has inspired from the seventeenth century to the present day: from the palace of the Sun King to the Penthouse of Donald Trump. However, this innovative collection will reshape—or even radically redefine—our understanding of the palace of Versailles and its posterity.
The essays in this volume show that Versailles was not the static creation of one man, but a hugely complex cultural space; a centre of power, but also of life, love, anxiety, creation, and an enduring palimpsest of aspirations, desires, and ruptures. The splendour of the Château and the masterpieces of art and design that it contains mask a more complex and sometimes more sordid history of human struggle and achievement. The case studies presented by the contributors to this book cannot provide a comprehensive account of the Palace of Versailles and its domains, the life within its walls, its visitors, and the art and architecture that it has inspired from the seventeenth century to the present day: from the palace of the Sun King to the Penthouse of Donald Trump. However, this innovative collection will reshape—or even radically redefine—our understanding of the palace of Versailles and its posterity.
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