Author: Milburg Francisco Mansfield
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Category : Palaces
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Royal Palaces and Parks of France
Author: Milburg Francisco Mansfield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Palaces
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Palaces
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Royal Palaces and Parks of France
Author: Milburg F Mansfield
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The modern traveller sees something beyond mere facts. Historical material as identified with the life of some great architectural glory is something more than a mere repetition of chronologies; the sidelights and the co-related incidents, though indeed many of them may be but hearsay, are quite as interesting, quite as necessary, in fact, for the proper appreciation of a famous palace or chateau as long columns of dates, or an evolved genealogical tree which attempts to make plain that which could be better left unexplained. The glamour of history would be considerably dimmed if everything was explained, and a very seamy block of marble may be chiselled into a very acceptable statue if the workman but knows how to avoid the doubtful parts. An itinerary that follows not only the ridges, but occasionally plunges down into the hollows and turns up or down such crossroads as may have chanced to look inviting, is perhaps more interesting than one laid out on conventional lines. A shadowy something, which for a better name may be called sentiment, if given full play encourages these side-steps, and since they are generally found fruitful, and often not too fatiguing, the procedure should be given every encouragement.
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The modern traveller sees something beyond mere facts. Historical material as identified with the life of some great architectural glory is something more than a mere repetition of chronologies; the sidelights and the co-related incidents, though indeed many of them may be but hearsay, are quite as interesting, quite as necessary, in fact, for the proper appreciation of a famous palace or chateau as long columns of dates, or an evolved genealogical tree which attempts to make plain that which could be better left unexplained. The glamour of history would be considerably dimmed if everything was explained, and a very seamy block of marble may be chiselled into a very acceptable statue if the workman but knows how to avoid the doubtful parts. An itinerary that follows not only the ridges, but occasionally plunges down into the hollows and turns up or down such crossroads as may have chanced to look inviting, is perhaps more interesting than one laid out on conventional lines. A shadowy something, which for a better name may be called sentiment, if given full play encourages these side-steps, and since they are generally found fruitful, and often not too fatiguing, the procedure should be given every encouragement.
Royal Palaces and Parks of France
Author: Francis Miltoun
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Category : Palaces
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Palaces
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Catholic World
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
New Catholic World
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
The Palace and Park
Author:
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Category : Exhibition buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
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Category : Exhibition buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1450
Book Description
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1450
Book Description
Presidential Residences in France
Author: Adrien Goetz
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2080247530
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take an exclusive tour of three presidential residences in France—their histories, art, gardens, and architecture—discussed and photographed for the first time. This volume offers a visit to the presidential residences of France: the Élysée Palace and its neighboring Hôtel de Marigny, the Lantern Pavilion hidden away in the park of Versailles, and the Brégançon Fort. These are the places where one can discover the excellence of French artisans, its art conservators and restaurateurs, and its famed gardeners. These sites of political theater and residences of the French president showcase France’s exceptional artistic heritage and present the great treasures of “French taste,” in perpetual reinvention from the eighteenth century through today, to diplomatic visitors from all over the world. The text presents a new way of understanding these buildings and their history, one which puts in perspective their evolution in decor, public or secret, and which decrypts their symbolic power thanks to the author’s unprecedented access to the buildings and to archival documents.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2080247530
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take an exclusive tour of three presidential residences in France—their histories, art, gardens, and architecture—discussed and photographed for the first time. This volume offers a visit to the presidential residences of France: the Élysée Palace and its neighboring Hôtel de Marigny, the Lantern Pavilion hidden away in the park of Versailles, and the Brégançon Fort. These are the places where one can discover the excellence of French artisans, its art conservators and restaurateurs, and its famed gardeners. These sites of political theater and residences of the French president showcase France’s exceptional artistic heritage and present the great treasures of “French taste,” in perpetual reinvention from the eighteenth century through today, to diplomatic visitors from all over the world. The text presents a new way of understanding these buildings and their history, one which puts in perspective their evolution in decor, public or secret, and which decrypts their symbolic power thanks to the author’s unprecedented access to the buildings and to archival documents.