Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles Under Louis XIV

Informationen zum Autor Robert W. Berger is an independent scholar who has published extensively on the art and architecture of the era of Louis XIV and on the history of Paris. His books include A Royal Passion: Louis XIV as Patron of Architecture. Thomas F. Hedin is Professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. His publications have focused on the art and architecture of Versailles and on the patronage of sculpture during the reign of Louis XIV. Klappentext The first book to examine how the vast gardens of Versailles were used as a setting for the receptions of ambassadors, heads of state, and other visiting dignitaries who conducted diplomatic and political business with France. Zusammenfassung The first book to examine how the vast gardens of Versailles were used as a setting for the receptions of ambassadors! heads of state! and other visiting dignitaries who conducted diplomatic and political business with France.

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• Authors: Robert W Berger, Robert W. Berger, Robert W. Hedin Berger, Robert W./ Hedin Berger, Thomas F Hedin, Thomas F. Hedin
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2008
• EAN: 9780812241075
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4107-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture; Penn Studies in Landscape Arch; Penn Studies in Landscape Arch; Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works