A royal passion

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.

המשפט הראשון: This book is about a king who loved to build.

שנה

1994

שפה

English

הוצאה

Cambridge University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

224

ISBN

9780521586443

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata