Versailles: Science and Splendour

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Anna Ferrari (Herausgeber), Dr. Anna Ferrari (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 02.09.2025
• EAN: 9781785515828
• ISBN: 978-1-78551-582-8
• Seiten: 128
• Abmessung: 210 mm x 250 mm x 16 mm
• Gewicht: 358 g
• Illustration: 85 colour
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Allgemeines, Lexika; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, Versailles, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / France, ART / Museum Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 17th century c 1650 to c 1699