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Versailles: Science and Splendour is a richly illustrated book that breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between science and power at the court of Versailles - published to accompany the exhibition at London's Science Museum.
Versailles: Science and Splendour is a richly illustrated book that breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between science and power at the court of Versailles - published to accompany the exhibition at London's Science Museum.
Anna Ferrari is Curator of Art and Visual Culture at the Science Museum and lead curator of the exhibition Versailles: Science and Splendour (2024-25). Trained as an art historian, she has previously curated and co-curated exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Directors' Forewords
Acknowledgements
Lenders
Curator's Note
Introduction
The Royal Academy of Sciences: Painting Science and Power
Thuret and Clockmaking at the Royal Academy of Sciences
Cassini's Map of the
Thuret's Machines: A Hymn to the Glory of the King 42
The Marly Machine: The Quest to Bring Water to Versailles 48
Between Science and Diplomacy: Cultivating Pineapples at Versailles 54
Louis XV's Rhinoceros
Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz and the Trianon Garden
The Clock of the Creation of the World
A Portrait of Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749)
Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet's Spectacle of Science
Madame du Coudray's 'Machine'
'A Fairly Good Likeness': Diderot and his Portraits
A Chemistry Laboratory Model for Princely Education
Mapping La Pérouse's Expedition: Louis XVI and the Pacific
The Flight of the Montgolfière at Versailles
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Contributors
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Allgemeine Kunst |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781785515828 |
| ISBN-10: | 1785515829 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Redaktion: | Ferrari, Anna |
| Hersteller: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 254 x 216 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Anna Ferrari |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.01.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,78 kg |
Anna Ferrari is Curator of Art and Visual Culture at the Science Museum and lead curator of the exhibition Versailles: Science and Splendour (2024-25). Trained as an art historian, she has previously curated and co-curated exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Directors' Forewords
Acknowledgements
Lenders
Curator's Note
Introduction
The Royal Academy of Sciences: Painting Science and Power
Thuret and Clockmaking at the Royal Academy of Sciences
Cassini's Map of the
Thuret's Machines: A Hymn to the Glory of the King 42
The Marly Machine: The Quest to Bring Water to Versailles 48
Between Science and Diplomacy: Cultivating Pineapples at Versailles 54
Louis XV's Rhinoceros
Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz and the Trianon Garden
The Clock of the Creation of the World
A Portrait of Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749)
Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet's Spectacle of Science
Madame du Coudray's 'Machine'
'A Fairly Good Likeness': Diderot and his Portraits
A Chemistry Laboratory Model for Princely Education
Mapping La Pérouse's Expedition: Louis XVI and the Pacific
The Flight of the Montgolfière at Versailles
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Contributors
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Kunst |
| Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
| Thema: | Allgemeine Kunst |
| Medium: | Buch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781785515828 |
| ISBN-10: | 1785515829 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Redaktion: | Ferrari, Anna |
| Hersteller: | Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 254 x 216 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Anna Ferrari |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.01.2025 |
| Gewicht: | 0,78 kg |
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