Collection(s) : Styles et design
Paru le 15/09/2021 | Relié sous jaquette 302 pages
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photography Bruno Ehrs | foreword Christian Lacroix | preamble Alexandre de Vogüé | translation from the French Robert Burns, Barbara Mellor
A masterpiece of French seventeenth-century art and architecture, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is the largest privately owned historic monument in France.
The man who commissioned it, Nicolas Fouquet, who was Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances, surrounded himself with the most brilliant artists of his time - the architect Louis Le Vau, garden designer André Le Nôtre, and artist Charles Le Brun - to create a perfect fusion of architecture and landscape that would soon be celebrated as a model of the artistic genius of the Grand Siècle. Protected and restored by a succession of owners over the centuries, Vaux is now owned by the de Vogüé family, who are passionate in their pursuit of ambitious strategies for the conservation of this outstanding legacy.
Illustrated with breathtaking photography by Bruno Ehrs, this volume is a private invitation to experience the wonders of a unique French estate. Christian Lacroix, whose definition of elegance and haute-couture design have been inspired by eighteenth-century culture and court dress, shares his passion for Vaux-le-Vicomte in the foreword.
Guillaume Picon is a French historian, editor, and exhibition curator. He is the author of several books, including Château de Villette : The Splendor of French Décor (Flammarion, 2018), A Day at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (Flammarion, 2015), and Versailles : A Private Invitation (Flammarion, 2011).
Bruno Ehrs is a photographer specializing in architecture and lifestyle, based in Stockholm. His work has been displayed in more than twenty solo exhibitions and has appeared in numerous books and magazines. Within Flammarion, his photographs have been published in Château de Villette : The Splendor of French Décor (2018), Chaumet : Parisian Jeweler Since 1780 (2017), A Day at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (2015), and Vacheron Constantin : Artists of Time (2015).
