{"product_id":"the-story-of-an-architect-king-stanislas-leszczynski-in-lorraine-1737-1766-9783039103249","title":"The Story of an Architect King: Stanislas Leszczynski in Lorraine 1737-1766","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christian Emden | David Robin Midgley | Renata Tyszczuk\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Architects \u0026amp; Firms - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book the author explores the representational strategies of the modern period and their relation to political life through the story of Stanislas Leszczynski, architect king and \u003ci\u003eroi bienfaisant\u003c\/i\u003e, 'a king that does good'. The ingredients of his story are compelling. They include: an exiled king (who makes a cameo appearance in Voltaire's \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e and corresponds with Rousseau); a collection of writings that include aphorisms, political treatises, and a utopian novel; gardens that include a grotto of eighty-six life-size automata and an experimental village of courtiers; and architecture and landscapes that traverse the contested boundaries of central Europe, imaginary constructions of the orient, and the borderlines between fact and fiction. These come together to make a distinctive account of the transitional period in eighteenth-century culture. Stanislas' architectural and literary works were rooted in an acceptance of the uncertainty of the world more characteristic of the story. His 'hope of a better age' emerges as an endeavour - through the writing and the architecture - to find one's own meaning in history as well as a model for the good life. His story suggests a way of exploring what this struggle still entails today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969720696983,"sku":"9783039103249","price":7418.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783039103249.webp?v=1782923557","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-story-of-an-architect-king-stanislas-leszczynski-in-lorraine-1737-1766-9783039103249","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}