. Art in France. thunder-bolts. The greatgallery was meant to bethe most luxurious part ofthe palace. The decora-lion of the ceiling oc-cupied Le Brun for a longlime. When it was un-veiled, the courtiers sawihe history of the wholereign magnified by myth-ology. The king, an Im-peralor in helmet and. 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 addres

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. Art in France. thunder-bolts. The greatgallery was meant to bethe most luxurious part ofthe palace. The decora-lion of the ceiling oc-cupied Le Brun for a longlime. When it was un-veiled, the courtiers sawihe history of the wholereign magnified by myth-ology. The king, an Im-peralor in helmet and. 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

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