A Royal Passion is the first in-depth study of the Sun King as a patron of architecture. Surveying such monuments as the Louvre, Versailles, the Invalides, and other buildings that are closely identified with Louis XIV, Robert W. Berger demonstrates why these buildings, gardens, urban spaces, and their decorations were so important to him. Serving as functional necessities, objects of aesthetic delight, and as political statements, his architectural enterprises collectively underscored his absolutist authority. Moreover, by adopting the guise of 'builder-prince', Louis XIV reasserted his kinship with the Roman emperors, whose grandeur he sought both to emulate and to surpass.
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"This readable and cogently presented text is accompanied by suitable photographs and floor plan of the buildings that permit the reader to comprehend both the buildings' authentic structures and aesthetic sensibilities. Berger's style is thoroughly engaging, a sardonic sense of humor resonating across his finely crafted scholarly prose. Like the architecture he describes, his analyses are elegantly crafted and provide the reader a superb impression of the relationship between Louis's architectural achievements and the king's own character." Simon P. Sibelman, The European Studies Journal
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A Royal Passion is the first in-depth study of the Sun King as a patron of architecture. Surveying such monuments as the Louvre, Versailles, the Invalides, and other buildings that are closely identified with Louis XIV, Robert W. Berger demonstrates why these buildings, gardens, urban spaces, and their decorations were so important to him.
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This book is about a king who loved to build. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
royal building administration, crossing piers, end pavilions, first architect, personal reign, central pavilion, first painter, royal buildings, small pavilions, long gallery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Sun King, Grand Trianon, Louis Le Vau, Claude Perrault, Galerie des Glaces, Saint Louis, New York, Art Resource, Cabinet des Estampes, Louvre Colonnade, Porcelain Trianon, Madame de Montespan, Royal Academy of Architecture, Royal Academy of Sciences, Statens Konstmuseer, Tuileries Palace, Anne of Austria, Cabinet des Dessins, Charles Le Brun, Dutch War, Gallery of Apollo, Grand Dauphin, Harvard University, Houghton Library New!
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This book is about a king who loved to build. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
royal building administration, crossing piers, end pavilions, first architect, personal reign, central pavilion, first painter, royal buildings, small pavilions, long gallery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Sun King, Grand Trianon, Louis Le Vau, Claude Perrault, Galerie des Glaces, Saint Louis, New York, Art Resource, Cabinet des Estampes, Louvre Colonnade, Porcelain Trianon, Madame de Montespan, Royal Academy of Architecture, Royal Academy of Sciences, Statens Konstmuseer, Tuileries Palace, Anne of Austria, Cabinet des Dessins, Charles Le Brun, Dutch War, Gallery of Apollo, Grand Dauphin, Harvard University, Houghton Library New!
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- The Sun King by Nancy Mitford on page 5, and page 6
- Paris In The Age Of Absolutism: An Essay by Orest A. Ranum on page 75
- The creation of the rococo (The Norton Library) by Fiske Kimball in Back Matter
- Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade by Vincent Scully in Back Matter
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