Main entry:

Berger, Robert W.

Title & Author:

A royal passion : Louis XIV as patron of architecture / Robert W. Berger.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Description:

xix, 204 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-200) and index.
Introduction -- The Regency (1643-1661) -- The early years of personal rule : the King and Colbert (1661-1671) -- The Louvre and Tuilleries -- A building for the sciences : the Observatoire -- Versailles I (1661-1677) -- Paris I -- A palace for a mistress : the Château of Clagny and the rise of Jules Hardouin-Mansart -- The Invalides -- Versailles II (1678-1715) -- Marly -- Paris II -- Vauban and the architecture of war -- Le Roi-Architecte -- Absolutism and architecture -- Epilogue : the old king in triumph and sorrow.

Summary:

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 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 surpass.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521440297
9780521440295
0521586445
9780521586443

Subject:

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Contributions in architecture.
Louis XIV, roi de France, 1638-1715 Mécénat.
Louis XIV, roi de France, 1638-1715 Et l'architecture.
Ludwig XIV. Frankreich, König 1638-1715
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Art patronage.
Louis XIV, (1638-1715; roi de France) Et l'architecture.
Louis XIV, (1638-1715; roi de France) Mécénat.
Ludwig (Frankreich, König, XIV.)
Classicism in architecture France.
Architecture, Baroque France.
Architecture France.
Architects and patrons France History 17th century.
Architectes et mécènes France 17e siècle Histoire.
Architecture France Histoire 17e siècle.
Classicisme en architecture France.
Architecture baroque France.
Architectes et mécènes France Histoire 17e siècle.
Architects and patrons
Architecture
Architecture, Baroque
Classicism in architecture
Architektur
Kunstpolitik
Bouwkunst.
Patronage.
Architecture France 17th century.
Architecture et État France 17e siècle.
Architecture 17e siècle France.
Classicisme (architecture) France.
Architectes et mécènes France 17e siècle.
France
Frankreich
Architects and patrons History 17th century France
Geschichte 1643-1715
Louis XIV King of France Contributions in architecture
Louis XIV, King of France

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 111207
Call No.: NA1046.B47 (ID:94-B708)
Status: Available