The Louvre and Versailles : The Evolution of the Proto-typical Palace in the Age of Absolutism (Paperback)

The Louvre: from round tower to square court over half a millennium  1. Inception 21  1.1. Apogee of the Valois  1.2. To the palace with Lescot  1.3. Valois valediction  2. Expansion  2.1. Introduction: Advent of the Bourbons  2.2. Back to the palace with Lemercier: expansion eclipsed  2.3. L ouis XIV and Mazarin  2.4. Back to the palace with Le Vau: expansion regained  3. Resolution  3.1. Self-assertive king and minister  3.2. Colbert and the palace  3.3. Amplification  3.4. Prototype achieved  Versailles: transformations of a hunting lodge across two reigns  1. Inception and development for Louis XIV  1.1. The pursuit of gloire  1.2. The palace of Le Vau and Le Brun: envelopment  1.3. Pursuit of gloire renewed  1.4. The palace of Le Brun and Hardouin-Mansart: expansion  1.5. Marly  1.6. After Colbert: gloire sullied  1.7. Retreat from magniloquence  1.8. Twilight of gloire  1.9. The final phase of the old king’s palace building  2. reformation and refinement for Louis xv  2.1. From profligate regency to personal rule  2.2. Sophisticated planning and exotic decoration  2.3. Reviewed theory and reformed practice  2.4. Projects for the palace  2.5. Return to the Louvre  2.6. Towards the definitive grand projet  2.7. Diversion to Trianon again  2.8. Back to the palace  2.9. Resolution of the grand projet  Epilogue les siecles de Louis XIV  Index