This book is about a king who loved to build.
An edition of A royal passion
(1994)
A royal passion
Louis XIV as patron of architecture
by Robert W. Berger
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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.
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Architects and patrons, Architecture, Architecture, Baroque, Baroque Architecture, Classicism in architecture, History, Contribution a l'architecture, Contributions in architecture, Architektur, Et l'architecture, Histoire, Kunstpolitik, Architectes et me ce nes, Me ce nat, Classicisme (architecture), Louis xiv, king of france, 1638-1715, Architecture, francePlaces
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A Royal Passion: Louis XIV as Patron of Architecture
April 28, 1997, Cambridge University Press
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A royal passion: Louis XIV as patron of architecture
1994, Cambridge University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-200) and index.
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