Main entry:

Berger, Robert W.

Title & Author:

Diplomatic tours in the gardens of Versailles under Louis XIV / Robert W. Berger and Thomas F. Hedin.

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008.

Description:

viii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Penn studies in landscape architecture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-163) and index.
Schematic Plan of Versailles x -- 1 La Promenade Du Roi 5 -- 2 Diplomatic Tours: Versailles as a Stage for International Diplomacy (1664-1685) 19 -- 3 The Promenade of the Siamese Ambassadors (1686) 31 -- 4 The Promenade of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1687) 43 -- 5 "Maniere de Montrer Les Jardins de Versailles" (1689-1705) 55 -- 6 Two Diplomatic Tours of 1704 66 -- Appendix A Documented Garden Tours (1664-1685): Texts 75 -- Appendix B The Getty "Maniere": Date, Text, and Translation 92.

Summary:

One of the functions of Louis XIV's Versailles was to provide a setting for the receptions of ambassadors, heads of state, and other visiting dignitaries who conducted diplomatic and political business with France. These activities became particularly important after Versailles was proclaimed the new seat of the monarchy and government in 1682. Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles Under Louis XIV is the first book to examine how the vast gardens of Versailles were used for these diplomatic receptions during the reign of the Sun King (1661-1715). The gardens were the final mise en scene of an elaborate ritual, which included the housing of the foreigners in Paris, their journey to Versailles, and their official audience with the king in the palace. A showcase for the achievements of royal artists, landscape architects, and hydraulic engineers, the gardens were soon regarded as one of the wonders of the modern world, proclaiming the wealth, power, and artistic taste of France and the French monarchy. The diplomatic tours were programmed every step of the way, with trained guides leading their guests on prescribed itineraries. Beginning in 1689, the king himself drafted a series of comprehensive itineraries, collectively called the Maniere de montrer les jardins de Versailles, for the use of his guides (a newly discovered version of the Maniere appears for the first time in this book). These itineraries changed over the years in concert with modifications and additions to the gardens, attesting to a constant search for an ideal itinerary - a subtheme of Diplomatic Tours. -- Publisher's website.

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ISBN:

9780812241075 (cloth ; alk. paper)
081224107X (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Palaces France Versailles History.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Ludwig XIV. Frankreich, König 1638-1715
Ludwig XIV Frankreich, König Gärten und Grünanlagen Versailles.
Ludwig (Frankreich, König, 14)
Ludwig (Frankreich, König, XIV.)
Gardens, French France Versailles History 17th century.
Garden tours France Versailles History 17th century.
Diplomatic etiquette France Versailles History 17th century.
Jardins français France Versailles Histoire 17e siècle.
Visites de jardins France Versailles Histoire 17e siècle.
Protocole diplomatique France Versailles Histoire 17e siècle.
Diplomatic etiquette.
Garden tours.
Gardens, French.
Palaces.
Diplomatie
Garten
Kunst
Protokoll
Diplomatie Garten Versailles Geschichte 17. Jh.
Garten Diplomatie Versailles Geschichte 17. Jh.
Diplomat.
Zeremoniell.
Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France) History 17th century.
Jardins de Versailles (Versailles, France) Histoire 17e siècle.
France Versailles.
France Versailles Parc de Versailles.
Frankreich
Schlosspark Versailles
Versailles
Versailles; Schlosspark.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Hedin, Thomas F., 1944-
Penn studies in landscape architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259558
Call No.: BIB 190469
Status: Available