Versailles: Science and Splendour is a richly illustrated book that breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between science and power at the court of Versailles â published to accompany the exhibition at Londonâ s Science Museum.
Versailles: Science and Splendour is a richly illustrated book that breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between science and power at the court of Versailles â published to accompany the exhibition at Londonâ s Science Museum.
Anna Ferrari is Curator of Art and Visual Culture at the Science Museum and lead curator of the exhibition Versailles: Science and Splendour (2024-25). Trained as an art historian, she has previously curated and co-curated exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Inhaltsangabe
Directors' Forewords Acknowledgements Lenders Curator's Note Introduction The Royal Academy of Sciences: Painting Science and Power Thuret and Clockmaking at the Royal Academy of Sciences Cassini's Map of the Thuret's Machines: A Hymn to the Glory of the King 42 The Marly Machine: The Quest to Bring Water to Versailles 48 Between Science and Diplomacy: Cultivating Pineapples at Versailles 54 Louis XV's Rhinoceros Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz and the Trianon Garden The Clock of the Creation of the World A Portrait of Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet's Spectacle of Science Madame du Coudray's 'Machine' 'A Fairly Good Likeness': Diderot and his Portraits A Chemistry Laboratory Model for Princely Education Mapping La Pérouse's Expedition: Louis XVI and the Pacific The Flight of the Montgolfière at Versailles Bibliography Picture Credits Contributors Index
Directors' Forewords Acknowledgements Lenders Curator's Note Introduction The Royal Academy of Sciences: Painting Science and Power Thuret and Clockmaking at the Royal Academy of Sciences Cassini's Map of the Thuret's Machines: A Hymn to the Glory of the King 42 The Marly Machine: The Quest to Bring Water to Versailles 48 Between Science and Diplomacy: Cultivating Pineapples at Versailles 54 Louis XV's Rhinoceros Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz and the Trianon Garden The Clock of the Creation of the World A Portrait of Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) Abbé Jean-Antoine Nollet's Spectacle of Science Madame du Coudray's 'Machine' 'A Fairly Good Likeness': Diderot and his Portraits A Chemistry Laboratory Model for Princely Education Mapping La Pérouse's Expedition: Louis XVI and the Pacific The Flight of the Montgolfière at Versailles Bibliography Picture Credits Contributors Index
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