Visitors to Versailles : from Louis XIV to the French Revolution / edited by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018Description: xxi, 369 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781588396228 (hardback)
- 1588396223 (hardback)
- 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 -- France -- Versailles -- History -- 17th century -- Exhibitions
- Visitors, Foreign -- France -- Versailles -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions
- Palacios -- Historia -- Versalles (Francia)
- Versailles (France) -- Court and courtiers -- Exhibitions
- Versalles (Francia)
- Versalles (Francia) -- Descripciones y viajes
- Francia -- Historia -- 1643-1715
- 944/.03
- 318 DC 801 V831 2018
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Biblioteca Juan Bosch | Biblioteca Juan Bosch | Recursos Regionales | Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) | 318 DC 801 V831 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00000192921 |
"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 / Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot -- Going to Versailles / Mathieu da Vinha -- Exchanging Looks: Codes of Dress at Versailles / Pascale Gorguet-Ballesteros -- Magnificent Display: European Ambassadorial Visitors / Helen Jacobsen -- Special Embassies and Overseas Visitors / Meredith Martin -- "Preśents du Roy": Official Gifts from the French Court / Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset -- Incognito in Versailles: Or, How Not to Travel as a King / Volker Barth -- Grand Tourists: Noble Visitors to the Court of the French King / Jean Boutier -- Visitors' Guidebooks and Engravings / Elisabeth Maisonnier --The Americans / 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.
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