COLLECTION NAME:
Theatre Arts
Record
Title:
Louis XIV as the Sun King
Title.Alternate:
Ballet de la Nuit, Le
Title.Series:
Dr. Tice Miller Lecture Slides
Collection Title:
Theatre Arts
Creator.Persons:
Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687
Notes:
1653
Title.Series.Notes:
The images and accompanying notes in this collection are taken from the lecture slides of Dr. Tice Miller, covering the history of theatrical practice from ancient cultures through the 20th century. These files contain depictions of theatrical spaces, scenery, costumes, lighting, practitioners, and theoreticians, augmented by historical artifacts and cultural materials.
Collection Information:
Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402)-472-1193
Description:
A costume design for Louis XIV as The Rising Sun from the final entree of Le Ballet de la Nuit ; the title of Sun King for the French monarch, originated in Louis XIV's role in Jean-Baptiste Lully's Ballet de la Nuit (1653) ; the fourteen-year-old Louis XIV danced five roles in this 12-hour ballet. This Ballet was lavish and featured a scene where a set piece of a house was burned down, included witches, werewolves, gypsies, shepherds, thieves, and the goddesses Venus and Diana
Subject.Persons:
Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687 ;Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 ;Benserade, Isaac de, 1613-1691. Ballet de la nuit
Subject.Events:
Ballet de la nuit [1653] (Choreographic work)
Subject:
Theater -- France -- History -- 17th century ;Ballet -- Costume ;Ballet -- History
Location:
France
Image.Publisher:
University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Libraries
Image.Date:
2014
Source:
Tice Miller, Professor Emeritus UNL ; scan from teaching slides, original source unknown
