Visitors to Versailles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visitors to Versailles write by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide. This book was released on 2018-04-16. Visitors to Versailles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons
Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons write by Catherine Pégard. This book was released on 2020-11-01. Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Gardener of Versailles
The Gardener of Versailles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gardener of Versailles write by Alain Baraton. This book was released on 2014-02-11. The Gardener of Versailles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
A Day at Versailles
A Day at Versailles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Day at Versailles write by Yves Carlier. This book was released on 2014-04. A Day at Versailles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789)
Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789) write by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Communications. This book was released on 2018. Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
