The opulence which surrounded the French monarchs is brought into stark focus with this book.
Focusing on the stunning beauty of the tapestries commissioned by them.

Interesting and impressive work of art!

Since I'm interested in art and its different representations, when this book has come to my sight, at first I was afraid it will be a boring one. Because who really want to read about old carpets? o.O?

When in reality, it was a very great read.
This textile art is impressive for its size and often very well detailed that you can ask yourself how complicated it must have been and how much time it must have taken. I have an attachement for realistic drawing and some of Louis XIV tapestries are just fantastic piece of work.

The French King, during is reign, has gathered 304 differents tapestries and was only rivaled by Henri VIII, King of England, in the amount of his possessions.

Coronation celebration and ceremonies, hunting scenes, Old Testament, Mythology or Alexander war stories, angels, nature...

You will discover a lot of amazing scenes as well as some drawings that were made to help the artist to create his masterpiece. Most of the tapestries under Louis XIV brought the art of Renaissance from Rome to Paris and throught the art, you learn a lot about the French history.

It was a great combination between art and history. I'm very glad I've been able to appreciate this awesome collection.

A very good surprise!

I love tapestries and was so looking forward to this book. Unfortunately, there were not enough photos, text was too dense, and the formatting was improperly done, making it impossible to blow up photos to see properly. On a Kindle the photos are the size of a postage stamp. Please reformat and I will be glad to review this book again.

I thought that this was very interesting but also a little dry even for a art and history collection. I would say that the images were vivid and the information was there it just wasn't exactly what I was looking for.