Main entry:

Berger, Robert W.

Title & Author:

In the garden of the Sun King : studies on the park of Versailles under Louis XIV / Robert W. Berger.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, ©1985.

Description:

xv, 125 pages, 74 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-118) and index.
List of illustrations -- Photographic credits -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction : the ofigins of Versailles -- Artistic consultation and decision making at Versailles -- The Apollo theme in the Petit Parc -- Descriptions of the labyrinth -- Mansart's Colonnade -- Bernini's Louis XIV Equestrian : its critical fortunes in Rome, Paris, and Versailles -- Epilogue -- The Apollo Theme in the Chateau -- Bernini's Louis XIV Equestrian and its critics : additional documentation and discussion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

0884021416
9780884021414

Subject:

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Palaces France Versailles History.
Louis XIV, King of France.
Louis XIV, roi de France, 1638-1715 Palais France Versailles Histoire.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Gardens, French France Versailles History.
Art, Baroque France Versailles History.
Jardins français France Versailles Histoire.
Art baroque France Versailles Histoire.
Art, Baroque.
Gardens, French.
Palaces.
Schlosspark
Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France) History.
Jardins de Versailles (Versailles, France) Histoire.
France Versailles.
France Versailles Parc de Versailles.
Schlosspark Versailles
Versailles
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 134042
Call No.: ID:86-B8205
Status: Available