Review: Versailles: Architectures rêvées 1660–1815

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Book Review| September 01 2023 Review: Versailles: Architectures rêvées 1660–1815 Élisabeth Maisonnier, ed. Versailles: Architectures rêvées 1660–1815 Versailles: Établissement Public du Château, du Musée et du Domaine de Versailles, with Éditions Gallimard, 2019, 280 pp., 193 illus. $63.20/€49 (cloth), ISBN 9782072837524 Guy Walton Guy Walton New York University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2023) 82 (3): 339–341. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2023.82.3.339 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Guy Walton; Review: Versailles: Architectures rêvées 1660–1815. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 September 2023; 82 (3): 339–341. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2023.82.3.339 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search In his cleverly titled preface, “Versailles, de la pierre au papier” (Versailles, from stone to paper), Alexandre Gady signals the intent of the exhibition catalogue Versailles: Architectures rêvées 1660–1815 to reflect both the craft and the thinking of one of the greatest periods of French architecture through the drawings and prints that document important aspects of the Versailles château’s history. Furthermore, the catalogue’s designers enhance the reader’s experience by presenting an exceptionally handsome volume, one that should stimulate further discussions of many of these remarkable artworks. Élisabeth Maisonnier, curator of drawings and prints at the château museum, directed the Architectures rêvées exhibition and is also a major contributor to the catalogue. The topic of architectural dreams proved to be compatible with the decision to highlight the beauty and strategies of the project drawings, since many of the most interesting ones were destined to remain on paper during the reigns of... You do not currently have access to this content.