The Versailles Effect
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The Versailles Effect

Objects, Lives, and Afterlives of the Domaine

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The Versailles Effect

Objects, Lives, and Afterlives of the Domaine

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About This Book

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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Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2020
ISBN
9781501357770
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Architecture General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents 
  5. List of Figures
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1 Enduring Versailles
  9. Part I: Making the Palace
  10. Part II: Versailles Life
  11. Part III: Outsiders
  12. Part IV: Versailles Now
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index
  15. Imprint