Christopher Tadgell

The Louvre and Versailles

The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism

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This book traces the evolution of the great palaces of the Louvre and Versailles, from Pierre Lescot's designs for expanding the former in the mid-16th century to the successive grands projets for the transformation of the latter over the course of the 18th century. Detailed architectural analysis is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism, the significance of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette as a formative influence on planning, and the effect of the French monarchy's financial incontinence on royal building ambitions.On the basis of exhaustive original research, recalling contemporary testimony an… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-429-52069-3
EAN: 9780429520693
Produktnummer: 33958509
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 376 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 358'603 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 357 schwarz-weiße und 230 farbige Abbildungen, 114 schwarz-weiße und 223 farbige Fotos, 243 schwarz-weiße und 7 farbige Zeichnungen

Über den Autor

Generally acknowledged as an expert on French classical architecture, Christopher Tadgell has been publishing in the field for well over four decades. He studied art history at the Courtauld Institute in London and in 1974 was awarded his PhD for a thesis on the Neoclassical architectural theorist, Ange-Jacques Gabriel. He subsequently taught in London and at the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Canterbury, with interludes as F.L. Morgan Professor of Architectural Design at the University of Louisville and as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. His History of Architecture in India (London 1990, several reprints) is the definitive one-volume account of the architecture of the subcontinent, while many publications on French architecture include the standard account in Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration (ed. Blunt, London 1978). His seven-volume series Architecture in Context is an unmatched survey of the seminal architectural traditions from the earliest times to the end of the 20th century. He has contributed many articles on Indian and French architecture to The Grove Dictionary of Art and other major reference books, including the forthcoming revision of Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture.