The Architecture of the Renaissance in France, Vol. 2: A History of the Evolution of the Arts of Building, Decoration and Garden Design Under Classical Influence from 1495 to 1830 (Classic Reprint)
The Architecture of the Renaissance in France, Vol. 2: A History of the Evolution of the Arts of Building, Decoration and Garden Design Under Classical Influence from 1495 to 1830 (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Architecture of the Renaissance in France, Vol. 2: A History of the Evolution of the Arts of Building, Decoration and Garden Design Under Classical Influence From 1495 to 1830 The grand siecle. - The reign of Louis XIV., who, at the age of five, succeeded his father in 1643, was to be the longest in history and to bring the French monarchy to its culminating point. The personality of the sovereign and the ideals for which he stood give this period of seventy-two years a unity which is reflected in ...
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Excerpt from The Architecture of the Renaissance in France, Vol. 2: A History of the Evolution of the Arts of Building, Decoration and Garden Design Under Classical Influence From 1495 to 1830 The grand siecle. - The reign of Louis XIV., who, at the age of five, succeeded his father in 1643, was to be the longest in history and to bring the French monarchy to its culminating point. The personality of the sovereign and the ideals for which he stood give this period of seventy-two years a unity which is reflected in contemporary art. When the style of Louis XIV. Is stigmatised as bombastic and artificial, fit setting for the periwigged Court of a cruel and pompous libertine, the description contains a little truth and much exaggeration. The Style Louis Quatorze, in its glories and in its. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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