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| | A palace of one's own: Stanislas I's Kiosks and the idea of self-representation Art Bulletin, The - Find Articles |
 | | Stanislas was elected king of Poland in 1705 with the help of the Swedish King Charles XII as a diplomatic buffer against the expanding Austrian and Russian powers, but he was subsequently defeated by Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (who became Augustus II), and forced to escape from Poland. |
 | | Twice-deposed and several times displaced, Stanislas devoted most of his time between 1737 and 1753, with the assistance of his architect Emmanuel Here, to the design and construction of his final residence at Luneville (Fig. |
 | | In addition, Stanislas commissioned a Grand Canal, a Pavillon de la Cascade (1741), an automated panorama of a miniature farm called Le Rocher (1742-44), and the Chartreuses (1741-44), a series of small cottages placed along the Grand Canal, assigned for Stanislas's so-called tenants who were designated by him at will. |
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