The Palace of the Sun: The Louvre of Louis XIV

by Robert W. Berger

The Palace of the Sun is the first substantial book-length study of the parts of the Louvre built under Louis XIV in the 1660s and 1670s since Louis Hautecoeur's Le Louvre et les Tuileries de Louis XIV (1927). Berger discusses a broad range of topics, from architectural symbolism to structural analysis. All the varied ideas for completing the Louvre from the beginning of the 17th century and forward are surveyed, and the evolution of the final design...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271008474
• ISBN13: 9780271008479
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 11.3"