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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.
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 |
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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 |
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 |