Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette - Harvard Historical Studies - Meredith Martin - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674048997 - February 15, 2011
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Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from Catherine de' Medici to Marie-Antoinette - Harvard Historical Studies


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Explores how French queens and noblewomen of early modern France, used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers. This title sheds light on architecture, self, and society in the ancient regime.


336 pages, 82 color illustrations, 8 halftones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 15, 2011
ISBN13 9780674048997
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 336
Dimensions 243 × 167 × 23 mm   ·   728 g
Language English  

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