The Age of Louis XIV
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 1961
Category : History
ISBN :
History, Painting, and the Seriousness of Pleasure in the Age of Louis XV
Author : Susanna Caviglia
Publisher :
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 2020-02-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789620399
Book Description
French painting of Louis XV's reign (1715-74), generally categorized by the term rococo, has typically been understood as an artistic style aimed at furnishing courtly society with delightful images of its own frivolous pursuits. Instead, this book shows the significance and seriousness underpinning the notion of pleasure embedded in eighteenth-century history painting. During this time, pleasure became a moral ideal grounded not only in domestic life but also defining a range of social, political, and cultural transactions oriented toward transforming and improving society at large. History, painting, and the seriousness of pleasure in the age of Louis XV reconsiders the role of history painting in creating a newvisual language that presented peace and happiness as an individual's natural rights in the aftermath of Louis XIV's bellicose reign (1643-1715). In this new study, Susanna Caviglia reinvestigates the artistic practices of an entire generation of painters born around 1700 (e.g. Francois Boucher, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and Carle Vanloo) in order to highlight the cultural forces at work within their now iconic images.
Le siècle de Louis XIV : (extraits)
Author : Voltaire
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 1948
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon
Author : Colin Jones
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 17,72 MB
Release : 2003-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0141937203
Book Description
There can be few more mesmerising historical narratives than the story of how the dazzlingly confident and secure monarchy Louis XIV, 'the Sun King', left to his successors in 1715 became the discredited, debt-ridden failure toppled by Revolution in1789. The further story of the bloody unravelling of the Revolution until its seizure by Napoleon is equally astounding. Colin Jones' brilliant new book is the first in 40 years to describe the whole period. Jones' key point in this gripping narrative is that France was NOT doomed to Revolution and that the 'ancien regime' DID remain dynamic and innovatory, twisting and turning until finally stoven in by the intolerable costs and humiliation of its wars with Britain.
The Reign of Louis XIV
Author : Paul Sonnino
Publisher :
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
The Age of Louis XV. Being the Sequel of the Age of Louis XIV. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire, Etc. MS. Notes
Author : Voltaire
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 20,96 MB
Release : 1774
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Old Regime France, 1648-1788
Author : William Doyle
Publisher : Oxford : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 23,53 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0198731302
Book Description
The kingdom of France, a byword for upheaval and instability for a century before 1660, was transformed over the subsequent generation into the greatest power in Europe and an institutional model admired and imitated almost everywhere. A further century elapsed befoer this hegemony was challenged, and even then the collapse of monarchy in 1788 took most people by surprise. This book, bringing together an authoritative international panel of historians, portrays and analyses the life of France between two revolutions, a time later known as the old regime. All aspects of French life are covered: the economy, social development, religion and culture, French activity overseas, and not least politics and public life, where our understanding has been completely renewed over recent years. A detailed chronology and full bibliography complete this compelling analysis of an age behind whose calm and assured facade forces were developing which were to shape a very different country and continent.
The Sisters of Versailles
Author : Sally Christie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501102966
Book Description
Court intriguers are beginning to sense that young King Louis XV, after seven years of marriage, is tiring of his Polish wife. The race is on to find a mistress for the royal bed. The King's scheming ministers push Louise, the eldest of the aristocratic Nesle sisters, into the arms of the King. Over the following decade, of the five Nesle sisters-- Louise, Pauline, Diane, Hortense, and Marie-Anne-- four will become mistresses to King Louis XV. All will conspire, betray, suffer, and triumph in a desperate fight for both love and power.
Before Versailles
Author : Karleen Koen
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 22,65 MB
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1402275919
Book Description
"A grand yet intimate look at the Sun King, a tale rich with detail and action."—Library Journal (Starred Review, one of the best historical novels of the year) Before Versailles transports you to a world of secret passions and plots, a world of duplicity and malice...a world that created one of the best–known monarchs to grace the French throne. At the most decisive time in the young king's life, Louis XIV can taste the danger. His court teems with greed and corruption, the wrong woman draws him into a wrenching love affair, and a mysterious boy in an iron mask haunts the woods. The untried ruler is coming into his own in 1661, and Louis XIV must face what he is willing to sacrifice for honor and for love. Meticulously researched and gorgeously brought to life by New York Times bestselling author Karleen Koen, Before Versailles offers up a sumptuous, authentic exploration of a time that forged a man into a king. Praise for Before Versailles: "In this magnificently written and researched novel, Karleen Koen brings to vibrant life the early years and loves of the future Sun King."—Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Land of Painted Caves "A baroque cornucopia spilling over with intrigue, passion, jealousy, ambition, and rich historical detail, Before Versailles offers a glittering glimpse of the crucial months that shaped Louis XIV into Europe's most powerful monarch."—Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings
Louis the Well-Beloved
Author : Jean Plaidy
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1446411923
Book Description
The first of Jean Plaidy's flamboyant French Revolution series. France eagerly awaits the day the young King, Louis XV, comes of age and breaks free from the rule of his ministers. The country hopes Louis will bring back glory and prosperity to France. However, he is too preoccupied with the thrills of hunting and gambling to notice the power struggle going on in his own court. Soon, the King is introduced to the pleasures of mistresses and a succession of lovers follows. From the gentle persuasions of Madame de Mailley to her overtly ambitious sister, Madame Vintimille, France stands by and watches a King ruled by his women...
