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The Premise. The series follows King Louis XIV of France as he tries to quash the rebellious nobility by trapping them in the luxurious cage of his new palace – his father’s old hunting lodge ...
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Versailles: Series 1 Sumptuous period drama depicting the...
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Series 1 profiles: Characters. Flamboyant nobles,...
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Versailles Flamboyant nobles, beautiful courtesans and...
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The traitor changes tactics, striking at those closest to...
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Fear of Catholic tyranny. The Glorious Revolution of...
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Dec 8, 2016 · Brenda Bynum, Resident Artist and faculty member at Emory University in the Department of Theater Studies from 1983 to 2000, presents “Mary Hutchinson Observed: From Bloomsbury to Beckett,” an illustrated lecture that documents Hutchinson’s impact on twentieth-century arts and letters.
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The story begins with Louis having the vision to build a great and grand palace at Versailles. The palace is depicted as a symbol for France and in the first season, Louis attempts to instill in his nobility that the palace is to represent all of France and his role in building it is essential to unify the country (Figure 1). Although the palace is...
Louis XIV Louis is depicted as have a strong desire to centralized the state, which is true from known historical records. He was famously quoted as saying "I am the state," which he did in fact say and was one of his well-known declarations. The Sun King was what he was called throughout Europe and Louis did emphasize his symbol of the sun as a wa...
Much of the series depicted extravagant opulence and parties at the palace, where the show was critical in displaying power and status. The series depicts that Louis made it a requirement for the nobility to view him getting ready in the morning and watch his performances such as dances. This is known to have occurred, as Louis did try to keep many...
Versaillesis a series full of visually effective scenes that display the intrigues of court, conflict in European affairs, and innovation that began to transform France and Europe in the age of the Sun King. While events such as the poisoning of royalty and birth of a black baby by the queen may not have happened as depicted in the series, many eve...
Jun 4, 2018 · HENRI MATISSE, PORTRAIT OF MARY HUTCHINSON, 1936. ESTIMATE: £2,000,000–3,000,000. "I think he’s delightful," observed Mary Hutchinson of Henri Matisse, for whom she sat in the hot summer of 1936. "He lives at the top of a house in Montparnasse – all windows." Commissioned by Mary’s husband, the celebrated barrister St John Hutchinson ...
The future Louis XIV first came to Versailles in October 1641, when his father Louis XIII sent him and his brother here to escape a smallpox epidemic that had reached the Palace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He was just three years old and it is doubtful that he remembered this first visit; his next known visit was in 1651, when, now Louis XIV, he ...
Mrs St John Hutchinson (1915), by Vanessa Bell (see Tate) Mary Barnes Hutchinson (1889–1977) was a writer, model, patron of the arts, member of the Bloomsbury Group and wife of barrister and politician St. John Hutchinson (1884-1942). She and her husband were friends of George Moore.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Kings and queens lived at Versailles for more than a century until the French Revolution did away with monarchy in France. Al Roker, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb are all smiles at the Palace of ...
