Visitors to Versailles : from Louis XIV to the French Revolution / edited by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide and Bertrand Rondot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O., editor.

Rondot, Bertrand, editor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715--Homes and haunts--France--Versailles--Exhibitions.

Louis.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)--History--17th century--Exhibitions.

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France).

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)--History--18th century--Exhibitions.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715--Art patronage--Exhibitions.

Visitors, Foreign--France--Versailles--History--17th century--Exhibitions.

Visitors, Foreign.

Visitors, Foreign--France--Versailles--History--18th century--Exhibitions.

History.

Art patronage.

Versailles (France)--Court and courtiers--Exhibitions.

Versailles (France).

Courts and courtiers.

Homes.

France--Versailles.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 369 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Distribution:

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"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 and index.

ISBN:

9781588396228

1588396223

OCLC:

1022075254