Monday, November 23, 2009
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    Façade of the corps central, Château of Versailles, 2008
    All images © Robert Polidori

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    Olimpia by Antoine Étex, 1841

    Rooms of the XIX, 1986

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    Top left: Gaspard Marsy, sculpteur by Jacques Carré, 1682. Top right: Simon Hurtrelle, sculpteur by Claude-Guy Hallé, 1752. Bottom left: Gabriel Blanchard, peintre by Antoine Benoist, 1681. Bottom right: Michel Corneille, l’aîné, peintre by Robert Le Vrac, known as Tournières, 1702
    Room of the artists of the Academy, 2009

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    The old Captain of the Guard’s warming room, 1986

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    The Battle of Inkermann, 5 November 1854 by Gustave Dorée, 1856. Rear room: Combat in the gorge of Malakoff, 8 September 1855 by Adolphe Yvon, 1856
    Room of the Crimean War, 2007

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    Musée de Moulages, 2007

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A Restoration Portrait
Transitional States by Robert Polidori
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A Restoration Portrait

Transitional States by Robert Polidori

At the height of its power, 10,000 people lived in the sumptuous Palace of Versailles. Avant-garde filmmaker turned photographer Robert Polidori began photographing the 17th century chateau 25 years ago, as it underwent extensive restoration and his epic project has been collected in a new book from Steidl, Transitional States. Whether it’s Marie Antoinette’s exquisitely embroidered bed, or a painting of Louis XIV waiting to be hung against rich velvety wallpaper, his beautiful photographs peel back the layers of history, framing past with present and commenting on the notion of restoration.

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