The Private Realm of Marie Antoinette
A French Revolution, European History, Cultural book. This book provides a very intimate look into the life of Marie Antoinette by providing...
"Evocative photography and a wealth of detail make the book a visual treat."--"Interior Design" Marie Antoinette, whose marriage at fifteen made her queen of France before she was twenty, died under the blade of the guillotine in 1793. She has been romanticized as the martyred queen, admired as the personification of eighteenth-century French royal style, and vilified as the Austrian whose frivolous extravagance and foreign sympathies fired the French Revolution. This book turns aside from the official portraits and great historical events to rediscover the private places and objects that reflect Marie Antoinette's personality and reveal her more directly to our modern gaze. Beautifully photographed by Francois Halard, the rooms and buildings she inhabited are shown here in fascinating detail, from the distinctive fabrics and furnishings to the queen's favorite objects--an amber curiosity, a Chinese lacquer gift from her mother, a porcelain bowl. 123 illustrations, 108 in color.
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- Pages: 112 pages
- ISBN: 9780500286326 / 500286329
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Lovely. Enjoyed this one. Visually it is very satisfying. The photographs are of high quality. I spotted a few inaccuracies in the text and was a little disappointed to find so little attention paid to the Petit Trianon, yet, would recommend it to anyone interested in the rich history of Versailles and the life of Marie Antoinette at the French... This book provides a very intimate look into the life of Marie Antoinette by providing a peek into the places she called home and some of the objects she treasured most. I was most interested in the hamlet she built for herself. It looks like a storybook village and illustrates the decadence for which she is probably best known.
