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Versailles
The Great and Hidden Splendors of the Sun King’s Palace
By: Catherine Pégard
Photographs by Christophe Fouin, Thomas Garnier, Christian Miles, and Didier Saulnier
Versailles is one of the most photographed “beauty spots” in the world. Yet masses of tourists make it virtually impossible to imagine the splendor of the palace as it existed during the ancien regime—from the time of Louis XIV, the Sun King, in the seventeenth century until the fall of Napoleon III in 1870. But with the support of Catherine Pégard, president of Versailles’ supervisory board, four talented photographers were granted unlimited access to Versailles when the château is closed to visitors. Only through their work can we see the private suites of Louis XV, the boudoirs of Marie Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour, and the intimate room where the ill-fated Louis XVI parted from his courtiers a few months before his execution. We visit not only the magnificent galleries of Versailles, the celebrated Hall of Mirrors, the Royal Chapel, the charming Orangerie, and Marie Antoinette’s bucolic Hamlet, but also mysterious chambers and enfilades of hushed apartments, secreted in the vast upper structure of the palace. The photographs are accompanied by succinct captions that provide a lively introduction to daily life at Versailles and the momentous events that have figured in its history, published in a sumptuous oversize format and with a production quality befitting its majestic subject.
Catherine Pégard has been the president of the Château du Versailles’ supervisory board since 2011. Previously, she was a journalist and cultural advisor to President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Christophe Fouin, Thomas Garnier, Christian Milet, and Didier Saulnier are photographers based in Paris and Versailles.
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Portrait
Hardcover
272 pages with printed cloth case and bellyband
More than 250 color illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-86565-342-9
Dimensions: 14¼ x 10 in. landscape
Published: Sep, 2017
- Dimensions:Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 14.25 in (36.2 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:2017
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
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- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5846237498362
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