Main entry:

Zega, Andrew.

Title & Author:

Palaces of the Sun King : Versailles, Trianon, Marly : the châteaux of Louis XIV / Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 2002.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 x 33 cm

Series:

Classical America

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
Foreword: Architecture and Politics -- Introduction: When Architecture Mattered -- I. The Shadow World: The Menagerie De Versailles -- II. "Too Far from the Sun": Bernini in France -- III. Bernini's Legacy: The Making of Versailles -- IV. The Pavillon De Flore -- V. The Temple of the Sun: Projects for Sceaux and Versailles -- VI. The Rise of Jules Hardouin-Mansart: Le Val and Clagny -- VII. Marly: The Sun at its Zenith -- Facade Measurements.

Summary:

"This comprehensive volume documents for the first time twenty-one chateaux and pavilions commissioned by Louis XIV, France's great builder-king. These royal buildings, and over forty architectural ornaments enriching their gardens, are illustrated in breathtaking watercolors by authors Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams. Depicted are several of the most influential structures in all of Western architecture, such as the palace of Versailles and the magnificent lost complex at Marly, which contemporaries deemed a veritable "Paradise on Earth." The authors give full attention to unrealized projects and depict completed structures not as they stand today, if indeed they stand at all, but as they were originally designed by the leading architects of the day."--Jacket.

ISBN:

084782473X
9780847824731

Subject:

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Homes and haunts.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Art patronage.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Louis XIV, roi de France, 1638-1715 Résidences et lieux familiers.
Louis XIV, roi de France, 1638-1715 Mécénat.
Palaces France.
Palais France.
Art patronage.
Homes.
Palaces.
France.
Palaces France 1660-1720.
Castles France 1660-1720.
Architecture (object genre) France Versailles 1660-1720.
Architecture (object genre) France Marly-le-Roi 1660-1720.

Added entries:

Dams, Bernd H.
Classical America series in art and architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 233435
Call No.: NA7735 .Z43 2002
Status: Available