Versailles
By: Valerie Bajou ; translated by Antony Shugaar
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9781419700675
Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / Adaptive Reuse & Renovation; Art; ART / General; Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)
Work titles: Versailles
Description: "A spectacularly opulent relic of royal wealth and power comes alive in Versailles. Highlighting the château's vibrant, tumultuous past, the book covers everything from its metamorphosis from humble hunting lodge to palace, to the dismantling of its collections during the French Revolution and its restoration and status as a UNESCO World Heritage site today. In addition, the singular château is explored from top to bottom in an extravagantly extensive photographic tour that reveals the many priceless artistic and architectural treasures of this palace of palaces"--