WRITTEN IN FRENCH
The Régence officially began on 2 September 1715, on the death of Louis XIV, with a veritable coup d'état. Under the government of the Regent, Philippe d'Orléans, Paris changed: the young Louis XV left Versailles and settled in Paris, at the Tuileries Palace, where he remained until...
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WRITTEN IN FRENCH
The Régence officially began on 2 September 1715, on the death of Louis XIV, with a veritable coup d'état. Under the government of the Regent, Philippe d'Orléans, Paris changed: the young Louis XV left Versailles and settled in Paris, at the Tuileries Palace, where he remained until June 1722. The Regent, for his part, moved to the Palais-Royal where, between enlightened patronage and political intrigues, he transformed the city into a capital.
This book exposes, with great historical acuity, the socio-economic, cultural and aesthetic changes at work. The development of new forms of sociability, especially among women, the resounding clashes of violent crime, unprecedented financial speculation, the triumph of theatre and opera, and the novelties of commercial and luxury trading posts - whose merchant elite was represented by the famous Signe painted by Watteau and the beginnings of an extraordinary rocaille aesthetic - reflect a plural modernity. It was in Paris, under the Regency, that the first manifestations of the Enlightenment saw the light of day.
"The Régence is a whole century in eight years," according to historian Jules Michelet. This book tells the story.
Exhibition La Régence à Paris (1715 - 1723) L'aube des Lumières from 20 October 2023 to 25 February 2024 at the musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris
French
256 pages
Co-publishing Paris-Musées / Musée Carnavalet
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