The Louvre and Versailles the evolution of the proto-typical palace in the age of...

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

2020

VIII, 368 p.

9780367198930

The Louvre: from round tower to square court over half a millennium 1. Inception 21 1.1. Apogee of the Valois 1.2. To the palacewith escot 1.3. Valois valediction 2. Expansion 2.1. Introduction: Advent of the Bourbons 2.2. Back to the palace with Lemercier: expansion clipsed 2.3. L ouis XIV and Mazarin 2.4. Back to the palace with Le Vau: expansion regained 3. Resolution 3.1. Self-assertive king and inister 3.2. Colbert and the palace 3.3. Amplification 3.4. Prototype achieved Versailles: transformations of a hunting lodge across wo reigns 1. Inception and development for Louis XIV 1.1. The pursuit of gloire 1.2. The palace of Le Vau and Le Brun: envelopment .3. ursuit of gloire renewed 1.4. The palace of Le Brun and Hardouin-Mansart: expansion 1.5. Marly 1.6. After Colbert: gloire sullied 1.7. etreat from magniloquence 1.8. Twilight of gloire 1.9. The final phase of the old king's palace building 2. reformation and refinement r Louis xv 2.1. From profligate regency to personal rule 2.2. Sophisticated planning and exotic decoration 2.3. Reviewed theory and eformed practice 2.4. Projects for the palace 2.5. Return to the Louvre 2.6. Towards the definitive grand projet 2.7. Diversion to rianon again 2.8. Back to the palace 2.9. Resolution of the grand projet Epilogue les siecles de Louis XIV Index

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