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Antiquarianism and the visual histories of Louis XIV : artifacts for a future past
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Title
Antiquarianism and the visual histories of Louis XIV : artifacts for a future past / Robert Wellington.
ISBN
9781472460332
1472460332
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]
Copyright Notice Date
©2015
Physical Description
xviii, 258 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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