
Presidential Residences in France
Adrien Goetz(Author)
Flammarion (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2021
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-2-08-024753-7 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers a visit to the presidential residences of France: the Élysée Palace and its neighbouring Hotel de Marigny, the Lantern Pavilion hidden away in the park of Versailles, and the Bregançon Fort. These are the places where one can discover the excellence of French artisans, its art conservators and restaurateurs, and its famed gardeners. Sites of political theatre and the residences of the French president, they 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Paris
France
Publishing group
Editions Flammarion
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
200
Dimensions
Height: 316 mm
Width: 258 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
2481 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-08-024753-7 (9782080247537)
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Adrien Goetz is an art historian and an acclaimed novelist, and a member of the Academy des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He currently teaches at the University of Paris-Sorbonne
Ambroise Tézenas has published several books and contributes regularly to magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Architectural Digest, and W.
Ambroise Tézenas has published several books and contributes regularly to magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Architectural Digest, and W.