Item Number: 135272 Title: Antiquarianism and the Visual Histories of Louis XIV : Artifacts for a Future Past Author: Wellington, Robert Price: Not Available ISBN: 9781472460332 Description: Farnham: Ashgate, 2015. 24cm., hardcover, 258pp., 8 color, 79 b&w illus. Contents: Introduction: medals and the material turn in the king’s history; Antiquarianism at court; The Petite Académie and the histoire métallique of Louis XIV; The Cabinet des Médailles at Versailles; Images inscribed and described by the Petite Académie; The antiquarian origins of Louis XIV’s medals books; Portraiture, physiognomy, and the numismatic sensibility; Numismatic resonances: Le Brun’s cycle for the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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