3 mai 1669 - Palace of Versailles

Description:

Date:1669 (began)

Artists: Louis Le vau and Jules Hardouin Mansart

Medium: Masonry stone wood iron and gold leaf.

Location: Versailles, France

Function: to be used to fulfill Louis XIV's political and economic ambition

Culture: Baroque

Center: Luis XIV's bedroom or audience chamber (radiate like sun. centered in vast garden.

Exterior decorating of Facade.

Hall of mirrors: 240 feet long barrel vaulted painted ceiling that radiates.

Garden; Classically and harmoniously arranged. Formal gardens near palace.