Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Versailles: Grand Trianon
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Preferred Title:
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Versailles: Grand Trianon
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Alternate Title:
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Grand Trianon
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Image View:
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North wing, west side, showing west end of the south elevation
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Creator:
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Jules Hardouin Mansart (French architect, 1646-1708); Louis XIV, King of France (French patron, 1638-1715)
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Location:
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site: Versailles, Île-de-France, France
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GPS:
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+48.804404+2.123162
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Date:
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1687 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Baroque
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Work Type 1:
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château
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Relation Work:
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part of Versailles [site]
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
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Description:
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In 1668 Louis XIV bought Trianon, next to the Versailles estate, and commissioned Louis Le Vau to build him a house there. The pavilion, finished in 1670 and decorated with white and blue tiles much like Delftware, became known as the 'Trianon de Porcelaine'. Its gardens, designed by Michel Le Bouteux (d 1688/9), a nephew of André Le Nôtre, became famous for the beauty, variety and scent of their flowers. Le Vau's pavilion deteriorated rapidly, and in 1687 the King appealed to Jules Hardouin Mansart to replace it with a château of white stone and pink marble. The work was completed in a few months, supervised very closely by the King. The building consists of two L-shaped single-storey wings, linked by a marble peristyle with piers of Languedoc and Campanian marble. The façades are articulated by Languedoc marble pilasters. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A2-F-VR-6-E3
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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