Further Reading

Princeton University Library Chronicle

The exhibition "Versailles on Paper" is accompanied by a special double issue of the Princeton University Library Chronicle (volume LXXVI, numbers 1 & 2, autumn 2014–winter 2015).

It contains the articles below. Click on each title for an abstract, or click here for an index of names and subjects.

Select Bibliography on Louis XIV, Versailles, and French Printmaking

Books in English

André Le Nôtre in Perspective. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.

Beik, William. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston: Bedford, 2000.

Berger, Robert W. Versailles: the Château of Louis XIV. University Park: Penn State University Press, 1985.

–––. In the Garden of the Sun King. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1985.

––– and Thomas F. Hedin. Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles under Louis XIV. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

Blunt, Anthony. Art and Architecture in France, 1500–1700. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.

Burke, Peter. The Fabrication of Louis XIV. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992.

Constans, Claire. Versailles: Absolutism and Harmony. New York: Vendome Press, 1998.

DeJean, Joan. The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour. New York: Free Press, 2005.

Dunlop, Ian. Louis XIV. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Fraser, Antonia. Love and Louis XIV: the Women in the Life of the Sun King. London: Weidenfeld &  Nicolson, 2006.

Goldstein, Carl. Print Culture in Early Modern France: Abraham Bosse and the Purposes of Print. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Goldstein, Claire. Vaux and Versailles: The Appropriations, Erasures, and Accidents That Made Modern France. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.

The Hall of Mirrors: History and Restoration. Dijon: Faton, 2007.

Hyde, Elizabeth. Cultivated Power: Flowers, Culture, and Politics in the Reign of Louis XIV. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2015.

Lablaude, Pierre-André. The Gardens of Versailles. Paris: Scala, 2005.

Marchesano, Louis and Christian Michel. Printing the Grand Manner: Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2010.

Mukerji, Chandra. Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Norberg, Kathryn and Sandra Rosenbaum. Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV: Interpreting the Art of Elegance. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2014.

Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie. Versailles. New York: Abbeville Press, 1991.

Pincas, Stéphane. Versailles: The History of the Gardens and Their Sculpture. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Renaux, Alain. Louis XIV's Botanical Engravings. Aldershot: Lund Humphries, 2008.

Spawforth, Tony. Versailles: A Biography of a Palace. New York: St.  Martin's Press, 2008.

Thompson, Ian H. The Sun King's Garden: Louis XIV, André Le Nôtre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. London: Bloomsbury, 2006.

Walton, Guy. Louis XIV's Versailles. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Zega, Andrew and Bernd H. Dams. Palaces of the Sun King: Versailles, Trianon, Marly. New York: Rizzoli, 2002.

 

Books in French

Adamczak, Audrey. Robert Nanteuil, ca. 1623–1678. Paris: Arthéna, 2011.

Beaussant, Philippe. Plaisirs de Versailles: théâtre et musique. Paris: Fayard, 1996.

Castelluccio, Stéphane. Marly: art de vivre et pouvoir de Louis XIV à Louis XVI. Montreuil: Gourcuff, 2014.

Da Vinha, Mathieu. Le Versailles de Louis XIV: fonctionnement d'une résidence royale au XVIIe siècle. Paris: Perrin, 2009.

L'Estampe au Grand Siècle: études offertes à Maxime Préaud. Paris: Ecole des Chartes Editions, 2010.

Gady, Alexandre. Versailles: la fabrique d'un chef-d'œuvre. Paris: Passage, 2011.

Jeanneret, Michel. Versailles, ordre et chaos. Paris: Gallimard, 2012.

Le Labyrinthe de Versailles: du mythe au jeu. Paris: Magellan & Cie, 2013.

Louis XIV, l'homme et le roi. Paris: Skira Flammarion, 2009.

Maral, Alexandre. Le Versailles de Louis XIV: un palais pour la sculpture. Dijon: Faton, 2013.

Préaud, Maxime. Les Effets du soleil: almanachs du règne de Louis XIV. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1994.

Sabatier, Gérard. Versailles, ou la figure du roi. Paris: Albin Michel, 1999.

Sarmant, Thierry. Louis XIV: homme et roi. Paris: Tallandier, 2012.

Saule, Béatrix. Versailles triomphant: une journée de Louis XIV. Paris: Flammarion, 1996.

Solnon, Jean-François. Histoire de Versailles. Paris: Perrin, 2003.

Tiberghien, Frédéric. Versailles, le chantier de Louis XIV: 1662–1715. Paris: Perrin, 2002.

Ziegler, Hendrik. Louis XIV et ses ennemis: image, propagande et contestation. Paris: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, 2013.