Ferrari, Anna: Versailles: Science and Splendour. Exhibition: London, Science Museum, 2025. 128 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hardback. Examining how the French monarchy harnessed science to enhance its prestige and extend its global influence under Louis XIV, XV, and XVI. 16 essays explore Henri Testelin's painting of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Isaac Thuret and clockmaking, astronomer Jean-Dominique Cassini's map of the moon, hydraulic engineering and the Marly machine, the cultivation of pineapples at Versailles, Louis XV's rhinoceros, Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz and the Trianon Garden, Claude-Simeon Passemant's clock of the creation of the world, a portrait of Emilie du Chatelet, Abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet's inventions, Madame du Coudray's obstetric teaching model, portraits of Denis Diderot, the chemistry laboratory model for the King's sons, the expedition of La Perouse, and the flight of the Montgolfiere hot air balloon.
Examining how the French monarchy harnessed science to enhance its prestige and extend its global influence under Louis XIV, XV, and XVI. 16 essays explore Henri Testelin's painting of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Isaac Thuret and clockmaking, astronomer Jean-Dominique Cassini's map of the moon, hydraulic engineering and the Marly machine, the cultivation of pineapples at Versailles, Louis XV's rhinoceros, Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz and the Trianon Garden, Claude-Simeon Passemant's clock of the creation of the world, a portrait of Emilie du Chatelet, Abbe Jean-Antoine Nollet's inventions, Madame du Coudray's obstetric teaching model, portraits of Denis Diderot, the chemistry laboratory model for the King's sons, the expedition of La Perouse, and the flight of the Montgolfiere hot air balloon
Paris, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian Paris, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian centre culturel Portugais 1979. Grand In-4 broché de 122 + 24 planches hors texte. Tableaux dépliants; Tirage à 50 exemplaires. Avec envoi.
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MODENA MUCCHI EDITORE 2004 Un volume grand in-8 broché de 355 pages , couverture en couleurs , quelques illustrations , bon exemplaire . Bon Livre audio (CD)
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