Visitors to Versailles : from Louis XIV to the French Revolution /
Visitors to Versailles : from Louis XIV to the French Revolution /
edited by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot.
- xxi, 369 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Visitors to Versailles," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 16 through July 29, 2018."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-362) and index.
Introduction -- Incomparable Versailles / Going to Versailles / Exchanging Looks: Codes of Dress at Versailles / Special Embassies and Overseas Visitors / "Preśents du Roy": Official Gifts from the French Court / Incognito in Versailles: Or, How Not to Travel as a King / Grand Tourists: Noble Visitors to the Court of the French King / Visitors' Guidebooks and Engravings / Americans / Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot -- Mathieu da Vinha -- Pascale Gorguet-Ballesteros -- Magnificent Display: European Ambassadorial Visitors / Helen Jacobsen -- Meredith Martin -- Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset -- Volker Barth -- Jean Boutier -- Elisabeth Maisonnier --The Paul Staiti -- Notes to the Essays -- Works in the Exhibition.
Based on contemporary documents and works of art, the book explores the experiences of visitors to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy, methods of transportation, codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens.
9781588396228 (hardback) 1588396223 (hardback)
2018003244
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 --Homes and haunts--France--Versailles--Exhibitions.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 --Art patronage--Exhibitions.
Luis XIV, Rey de Francia, 1638-1715.
Luis XIV, Rey de Francia, 1638-1715 --Mecenazgo artístico
Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)--History--17th century--Exhibitions.
Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)--History--18th century--Exhibitions.
Palacio de Versalles --Historia
Visitors, Foreign--History--France--Versailles--17th century--Exhibitions.
Visitors, Foreign--History--France--Versailles--18th century--Exhibitions.
Palacios --Historia --Versalles (Francia)
Versailles (France)--Court and courtiers--Exhibitions.
Versalles (Francia)
Versalles (Francia) --Descripciones y viajes
Francia --Historia --1643-1715
318 DC 801 / V831 2018
944/.03
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Visitors to Versailles," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 16 through July 29, 2018."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-362) and index.
Introduction -- Incomparable Versailles / Going to Versailles / Exchanging Looks: Codes of Dress at Versailles / Special Embassies and Overseas Visitors / "Preśents du Roy": Official Gifts from the French Court / Incognito in Versailles: Or, How Not to Travel as a King / Grand Tourists: Noble Visitors to the Court of the French King / Visitors' Guidebooks and Engravings / Americans / Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot -- Mathieu da Vinha -- Pascale Gorguet-Ballesteros -- Magnificent Display: European Ambassadorial Visitors / Helen Jacobsen -- Meredith Martin -- Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset -- Volker Barth -- Jean Boutier -- Elisabeth Maisonnier --The Paul Staiti -- Notes to the Essays -- Works in the Exhibition.
Based on contemporary documents and works of art, the book explores the experiences of visitors to the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy, methods of transportation, codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the buildings and gardens.
9781588396228 (hardback) 1588396223 (hardback)
2018003244
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 --Homes and haunts--France--Versailles--Exhibitions.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 --Art patronage--Exhibitions.
Luis XIV, Rey de Francia, 1638-1715.
Luis XIV, Rey de Francia, 1638-1715 --Mecenazgo artístico
Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)--History--17th century--Exhibitions.
Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)--History--18th century--Exhibitions.
Palacio de Versalles --Historia
Visitors, Foreign--History--France--Versailles--17th century--Exhibitions.
Visitors, Foreign--History--France--Versailles--18th century--Exhibitions.
Palacios --Historia --Versalles (Francia)
Versailles (France)--Court and courtiers--Exhibitions.
Versalles (Francia)
Versalles (Francia) --Descripciones y viajes
Francia --Historia --1643-1715
318 DC 801 / V831 2018
944/.03