{"id":2411,"date":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/au-defaut-des-actions-eclatantes-de-la-guerre\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:14","slug":"au-defaut-des-actions-eclatantes-de-la-guerre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/au-defaut-des-actions-eclatantes-de-la-guerre\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab Au d\u00e9faut des actions \u00e9clatantes de la guerre,&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/versailles_citations.jpg\" alt=\"versailles citations\" title=\"versailles citations\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Au d\u00e9faut des actions \u00e9clatantes de la guerre, rien ne marque davantage la grandeur et l\u2019esprit des princes que les b\u00e2timents.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/jean-baptiste-colbert\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Jean-Baptiste <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">COLBERT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1619-1683), <cite>Lettres, instructions et m\u00e9moires de Colbert<\/cite> (posthume, 1863)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Surintendant des B\u00e2timents, Arts et Manufactures (en 1664), Colbert exprime naturellement la pens\u00e9e de Louis\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Les seuls b\u00e2timents royaux co\u00fbtent en moyenne 4\u00a0% du budget de l\u2019\u00c9tat\u00a0: on construit un peu partout, \u00e0 Fontainebleau, Vincennes, Chambord, Saint-Germain, Marly, et surtout Versailles o\u00f9 les travaux commencent d\u00e8s 1661, pour durer plus d\u2019un demi-si\u00e8cle. Une r\u00e9union de grands talents (la m\u00eame \u00e9quipe qui n\u2019a que trop bien r\u00e9ussi Vaux-le-Vicomte, r\u00e9sidence du surintendant Fouquet perdu par tant de magnificence) fait na\u00eetre la plus grande r\u00e9ussite artistique des temps modernes\u00a0: Versailles servira de mod\u00e8le \u00e0 l\u2019Europe pendant un\u00a0si\u00e8cle, imposant la sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9 de l\u2019art fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Les peuples se plaisent au spectacle. Par l\u00e0, nous tenons leur esprit et leur coeur.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span class=\"caps\">LOUIS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> (1638-1715), <em>M\u00e9moires pour l\u2019instruction du Dauphin<\/em> (1662)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Plus qu\u2019un monument et un site, Versailles est un style de vie. C\u2019est le cadre magnifique o\u00f9 l\u2019existence du roi se d\u00e9roule comme une c\u00e9r\u00e9monie implacablement minut\u00e9e, admirablement mise en sc\u00e8ne. C\u2019est aussi le haut lieu du m\u00e9c\u00e9nat royal, o\u00f9 se donnent les f\u00eates \u00e9clatantes.<\/p>\n<p>Les plus grands artistes du temps y concourent. Jean-Baptiste Lully, surintendant de la musique du roi de 1661 \u00e0 1687, r\u00e9gent de tous les th\u00e9\u00e2tres, acad\u00e9mies et \u00e9coles de musique, fait triompher le spectacle total, l\u2019op\u00e9ra, avec Cadmus et Hermione (livret de Quinault) le 27 avril 1673. Et tous les arts vont s\u2019\u00e9panouir, en cette seconde moiti\u00e9 du si\u00e8cle. Dans une Europe encore baroque, c\u2019est le triomphe du classicisme fran\u00e7ais. C\u2019est \u00e9galement \u2013 fait unique dans notre histoire \u2013 la r\u00e9ussite d\u2019un art officiel, dirig\u00e9, pensionn\u00e9, administr\u00e9, voulu par le roi.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0On nous dit que nos rois d\u00e9pensaient sans compter,<br>Qu\u2019ils prenaient notre argent sans prendre nos conseils.<br>Mais quand ils construisaient de semblables merveilles,<br>Ne nous mettaient-ils pas notre argent de c\u00f4t\u00e9\u00a0?\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\">Sacha <span class=\"caps\">GUITRY<\/span> (1885-1957), <em>Si Versailles m\u2019\u00e9tait cont\u00e9<\/em> (film de 1953)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>6 mai 1682\u00a0: Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> s\u2019installe \u00e0 Versailles. La ville devient la vraie capitale de la France et le centre du monde civilis\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIII<\/span> fit construire d\u00e8s 1624 un pavillon de chasse, mais c\u2019est Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> en 1661 qui ordonne les travaux pour faire du ch\u00e2teau ce \u00ab\u00a0plaisir superbe de la nature\u00a0\u00bb (Saint-Simon). Le roi ne d\u00e9pense pas sans compter, mais il d\u00e9pense beaucoup pour les b\u00e2timents en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral (4 % du budget de l\u2019\u00c9tat leur est consacr\u00e9 en moyenne) et tout particuli\u00e8rement pour Versailles. L\u2019\u00e9quipe qui a si bien r\u00e9ussi Vaux-le-Vicomte pour Fouquet est \u00e0 nouveau r\u00e9unie pour r\u00e9aliser ce chef-d\u2019oeuvre de l\u2019art classique \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise\u00a0: Le Vau (architecte), Le Brun (peintre), Le N\u00f4tre (jardinier), Francine (ing\u00e9nieur des eaux). Et Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> fait plus que donner son avis\u00a0: il l\u2019impose souvent. Et se trompe rarement.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"louis xiv citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-3-14.jpg\" alt=\"Louis xiv citations\" title=\"Louis xiv citations\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"louis xiv citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-3\" target=\"_blank\">Feuilletez notre Chronique sur le Si\u00e8cle de Louis <span class=\"caps\">XIV<\/span> pour tout savoir.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Au d\u00e9faut des actions \u00e9clatantes de la guerre, rien ne marque davantage la grandeur et l&#8217;esprit des princes que les b\u00e2timents.\u00a0\u00bb Jean-Baptiste COLBERT (1619-1683), Lettres, instructions et m\u00e9moires de Colbert (posthume, 1863) Surintendant des B\u00e2timents, Arts et Manufactures (en 1664), Colbert exprime naturellement la pens\u00e9e de Louis\u00a0XIV. Les seuls b\u00e2timents royaux co\u00fbtent en moyenne 4\u00a0% [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":14,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1438],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batiments-citation-du-jour-davantage-esprit-grandeur-guerre-jean-baptiste-colbert-la-grandeur-du-regne-siecle-de-louis-xiv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411\/revisions\/2414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}