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An Absolute Monarch: King Louis XIV

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King Louis XIV used the Baroque style to represent himself as an absolute monarch because the Baroque style makes it possible to portray oneself as mighty, glorious, and magnificent. The biggest way he used this style was in his estate, the palace at Versailles. The palace at Versailles was once a country estate, but over the course of many years, Louis transformed it into a magnificent palace, large enough to house all of the nobility as well as servants to attend to them. Not only was it a palace, but it also contained large forests and artificial lakes. The trees were rooted up and replanted in lines, and the gardens show a deliberate design as well. This was done to show that even nature bent to Louis ' will. Besides the outside, the interior
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