The fountain of Latona : Louis XIV, Charles Le Brun, and the gardens of Versailles /
In a many-sided examination of the artistic, cultural and political worlds of Louis XIV, Thomas F. Hedin masterfully reveals how and why an elaborate fountain depicting the origin of frogs came to be the centerpiece of the gardens of Versailles.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2022].
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| Series: | Penn studies in landscape architecture.
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| Summary: | In a many-sided examination of the artistic, cultural and political worlds of Louis XIV, Thomas F. Hedin masterfully reveals how and why an elaborate fountain depicting the origin of frogs came to be the centerpiece of the gardens of Versailles. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 190 pages, [78] pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780812253757 0812253752 |