. Art in France. IIUUl \lli.\\K|i. \IM1-. |)| 1 IM.\Nli MKK SON. (Museum oi .Xvignon.) 228 YH:. PIKRRE OF HIS (Museum of ViTKiillcs.) .A certain epic strain runsthrough this rhetoric; LeBrun has embodied theessence of the triumphantvears: he shows the kingin attitudes addressed toposterity; the poet of thisreign was a painter, nota writer, in this gallery,the products of the Gobe-lins, of Beauvais and of THE MONARCHICAL ART OF LOUIS XIV. It \ l;i! Saint-Gobain, furniture, tapestries,were spread in rich pro-fusion. Of all this splen-dour, the ceil

---

. Art in France. IIUUl \lli.\\K|i. \IM1-. |)| 1 IM.\Nli MKK SON. (Museum oi .Xvignon.) 228 YH:. PIKRRE OF HIS (Museum of ViTKiillcs.) .A certain epic strain runsthrough this rhetoric; LeBrun has embodied theessence of the triumphantvears: he shows the kingin attitudes addressed toposterity; the poet of thisreign was a painter, nota writer, in this gallery,the products of the Gobe-lins, of Beauvais and of THE MONARCHICAL ART OF LOUIS XIV. It \ l;i! Saint-Gobain, furniture, tapestries,were spread in rich pro-fusion. Of all this splen-dour, the ceiling is thesole remaining relic; itcontrasts strangely with thenudity of the floor. Toimagine all this vanishedmagnificence, we mustevoke those portraits byRigaud, in which crimsonvelvet and rich brocadesbillow to the very edge ofthe frame, and break their mirrors and goldsmiths work,

---

Size: 2484px × 1006px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernew, booksubjectart