The Royal Chapel of King Louis XIV
{"Image ImageDescription": "The Glory of the Versailles Versailles has been described as a temple created to one man\u2026King Louis XIV. Enormous is scope, the entire complex is one of the most impressive I have ever seen. Multiple palaces (for the mistresses of the King mainly) and grounds complete with their own Venetian style canals and an Orangerie. The Sun King was perhaps nearly revered as a god among men, and requisite with this theme is a lack of Christian symbology anywhere in the multiple palaces, with the notable exception of the Royal Chapel. All Worship\u2026uh Hail\u2026the King In keeping with this \u201cthe king is pretty much a deity\u201d theme, during daily worship the Royal Court of King Louis XIV\u2019s time would kneel with their back to the alter (not pictured below, but directly below the organ seen) and look up to our pictured vantage point, where the King and his family would be worshiping. They would in essence have the pleasure of watching their King worship God with their own backs to the alter. An interesting big of symbolism, for the end of the Renaissance and what would eventually usher in the Age of Enlightenment. I don\u2019t mean to suggest the airs of King Louis XIV where the foundation of \u201cReason\u201d but simply mean to point out the interesting correlation. Isn\u2019t history fun when its framed about pretty stuff? This image is released under Creative Commons, Non-Commercial.   For Commercial Use please email me at licensing@batteredluggage.com  You can find more of my work at the following places: Travel Blog - <a href=\"http://www.batteredluggage.com/\">www.batteredluggage.com</a>  Personal Blog - <a href=\"http://www.ipbrian.com\">www.ipbrian.com</a>  Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.Twitter.com/IPBrian\">www.Twitter.com/IPBrian</a>  Flickr - <a href=\"http://www.flicker.com/photos/ipbrian\">www.flicker.com/photos/ipbrian</a> 500px - <a href=\"http://www.500px.com/ipbrian\">www.500px.com/ipbrian</a>  Feel free to use this image on your Blog or for fun, but you must do the following: 1) Link back to my site at <a href=\"http://www.batteredluggage.com/\">http://www.batteredluggage.com/</a>  2) Give credit to W. Brian Duncan", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 5D Mark II", "Image XResolution": "240", "Image YResolution": "240", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.10.1 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2017:07:16 12:05:14", "Image Artist": "W Brian Duncan", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image Copyright": "Battered Media, LLC", "Image ExifOffset": "2424", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/200", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "1600", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0231", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2011:10:12 02:30:25", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2011:10:12 02:30:24", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ApertureValue": "7961/8200", "EXIF FocalLength": "50", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB"}