Versailles: Science and Splendour

Herausgeber: Ferrari, Anna

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 â published to accompany the exhibition at Londonâ s Science Museum.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 216mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 790g
• ISBN-13: 9781785515828
• ISBN-10: 1785515829
• Artikelnr.: 71708756

Autorenporträt

Anna Ferrari

Inhaltsangabe

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