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Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More
Selected works of the 'Versailles' exhibition at the Edwynn Houk Gallery in Zurich.
Polidori’s Versailles photographs document the decadence, eccentricity, and ultimate transformation of the palace from monarchical symbol and heart of the French Ancien Régime to a modern museum.
A project that has spanned over thirty years, Polidori began photographing the Château to illustrate a comprehensive architectural history of the palace written by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos. The images range from grand, dramatic views of the galeries, halles and salons, to more intimate photographs that focus on particular paintings, furnishings, and room details.
Exploring issues of historical revisionism through restoration, Polidori’s work in Versailles emphasizes architectural detail and the majesty of 18th Century Rococo and Baroque design. Concurrently, Polidori suggests the ambiguity involved in any restoration project: what happens to a room or structure when the old is made new? Polidori underlines a temporal paradox: an 18th Century palace restored by a modern society attempting to imagine itself as it once was. What remains is a visual citation of both past and present, a powerful invocation of history and modernity within the confines of a single frame. With a highly skilled approach to technique, Robert Polidori’s signature use of a large-format view camera allows for a level of clarity and focus that is rare in contemporary photography. More