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Author : Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2359881655
Author : Alexandre de Vogüé,Jean-Charles de Vogüé,Ascanio de Vogüé
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9782080201997
An insider’s tour of the magnificent seventeenth-century castle and gardens, conceived by Le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Nôtre, that inspired the great châteaux of Europe. Vaux le Vicomte’s rich history began in 1641, when infamous finance minister Nicolas Fouquet bought the estate and enlisted architect Louis Le Vau, decorator Charles Le Brun, and garden designer André Le Nôtre to transform it into a lavish residence. His extravagance piqued Louis XIV’s jealousy, and he was thrown into prison for mishandling funds. The château inspired the design of Versailles and was later home to the great chef Vatel, who famously died for his art. This volume traces the château’s history from the seventeenth century through the Belle Époque, World War I, and its public opening in 1968. Exclusive photography and archival documents offer unprecedented access to the château, furnishings, and gardens, and illuminate the extraordinary secrets of court life and centuries of celebrations that include the enchanting candlelit tours held today.
Author : Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architects and patrons
ISBN : UOM:39015040070263
The French chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte was built in just five years from 1657 to 1661 by Louis XIV's Minister of Finance Nicolas Foucquet, halfway between the royal summer houses of Vincennes and Fontainebleau. Designed by Louis Le Vau, decorated by Charles Le Brun and with gardens laid out by Andre Le Notre, the house was still partially unfinished on the 17th August 1661 when Foucquet invited the King to the celebrated reception that was followed almost immediatley by Foucquet's arrest. Within weeks, the house was under judicial seal, the team of craftsmen disbanded or removed to Versailles and Foucquet was in prison. Despite its politically unstable history and the threat of demolition during the French Revolution, Vaux has survived remarkably unaltered and intact.
Author : Anatole France
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:47679924
Author : Guillaume Picon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9782080200761
Exquisite photography of one of France’s most significant historical landmarks. The largest château in the world still holds a thousand and one hidden secrets. While Versailles has been described in detail since the reign of Louis XIV, numerous apartments in the palace and their outbuildings are inaccessible to the public due to their fragility or state of preservation. From the most renowned rooms to the gardens, passing through the Trianon or the Queen’s hamlet, Versailles contains many extraordinary details, transformed according to the light or the shadow. Whether it’s Marie-Antoinette’s boudoir, the wings of the Queen’s theater, or even the Orangerie on a beautiful wintery day, these singular photographs reveal the many facets of Versailles and offer readers unprecedented access to this historical treasure.
Author : Andrew Ayers
Publisher : Edition Axel Menges
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 393069896X
Over 300 buildings of the last 2000 years are presented.
Author : Guillaume Picon
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9782081513525
This comprehensive monograph is an exclusive look inside the château that inspired the design of Versailles and today continues to enchant visitors and film directors alike. Vaux-le-Vicomte’s rich history began in 1641 when infamous French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, the original owner, surrounded himself with the most skilled and talented artisans of the time: the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun, and the garden designer André Le Nôtre, to create a perfect harmony between architecture and landscape. The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and its spectacular gardens fascinated Louis XIV and were the inspiration for Versailles. Classified as a historical monument since 1875 under the impetus of the owner at the time, the castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte quickly became a model of the artistic genius of the seventeenth century. This volume traces the château’s history from the seventeenth century through the Belle Époque, World War I, and its public opening in 1968. Exclusive photography and archival documents offer unprecedented access to the château, furnishings, and gardens, and illuminate the extraordinary secrets of court life and centuries of celebrations that include the enchanting candlelit tours held today.
Author : Patrice de Vogüé,Lynda Frenois,Alexandre de Vogüé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 235988137X
Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Franklin Hamilton Hazlehurst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Formal gardens
ISBN : UOM:39015013660991
Author : Stella Spriet,Claire Goldstein
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 0812240588
Goldstein shows how the connection between Vaux and Versailles is at the heart of classical style. She retraces the roots of Versailles in Fouquet's short-lived experiment, and destabilises any easy understanding of the court of the Sun King as the origin of French national style.
Author : Ian Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781582346311
Presents an illustrated account of the creation of one of the world's most dazzling and extensive gardens, the gardens at the palace of Versailles, noting the unique four-decade friendship between Louis XIV, the creator of the garden, and Andre Le Ntre, the gardener.
Author : Marian Moffett,Michael W. Fazio,Lawrence Wodehouse
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1856693716
The Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius declared firmitas, utilitas, and venustas-firmness, commodity, and delight- to be the three essential attributes of architecture. These qualities are brilliantly explored in this book, which uniquely comprises both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, and Japan. The text encourages readers to examine closely the pragmatic, innovative, and aesthetic attributes of buildings, and to imagine how these would have been praised or criticized by contemporary observers. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social, and technological contexts are discussed so as to determine the extent to which buildings met the needs of clients, society at large, and future generations.
Author : Norman T. Newton
Publisher : La Editorial, UPR
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Landscape architecture
ISBN : 0674198700
Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.
Author : Charles Drazin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446494622
Sometime late in 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Fouquet to internal exile and life imprisonment in the fortress of Pignerol. There he would be incarcerated in a cell next door to the Man with the Iron Mask... From a glittering zenith as the King's first minister, builder of the breathtaking chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, collector of books, patron of the arts and lover of beautiful women, Fouquet had fallen like Icarus. Charged with embezzlement, he was convicted and sentenced to banishment until the King intervened to change his sentence to life imprisonment. Charles Drazin's riveting account brings to life the rich and hazardous world in which Foucquet lived. As a child he learned from his devout mother how to mix herbal remedies for the patients at the Hotel-Dieu and from his father, a creature of Cardinal Richelieu, the demands of political life. Drazin tells of the young man's first adventures as a tax-collector, caught up in rebellion in the Dauphiné , of the loyalty and service that he gave to Cardinal Mazarin and of the financial wizardry that somehow kept France's finances together. The cunning, charisma and charm of Fouquet enchant and beguile while they reveal the seeds of his destruction. But it is in his downfall and incarceration, which he bore with great fortitude, courage and humour, that Fouquet's strength of character and grace emerge, as he somehow survives both solitary confinement and absence of books, pen and ink. The richness and contrasts of his remarkable story are done full justice in this compelling book.