Versalies

Compare and contrast the layout of Versailles and the White House. What is similar? What is different? Note: Compare and contrast means that you must fully discuss both and then compare (what is the same) and contrast (what is different?)

The layout of the Versailles and the Whitehouse has many similarities and difference. The difference between Versailles and the Whitehouse is that Versailles consists of seven hundred rooms such as the Congress room, the Palace for the Sun King, The Hall of the Mirrors, The Gardens and The Fountains of Versailles, Housing Shortage at Versailles and many more. Whereas, the Whitehouse, There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators, yet each of these is different because each room is design for a particular reason. The President's Dining room was once a quest room but was refurnished to become a formal dining room. The Halls of the Mirrors was once designed for ceremonies, balls and weddings, but now it is used as a waiting and meeting place. Another difference of the Versailles is that a part of the land was designed for the Queen. She had her own apartment which consisted of a The Queens Chamber, The Nolan Salon, The Antechamber of the Grand Couvert, and The Guard Room, in the Whitehouse, the President's wife only has one room where she entertains her lady friend's which is the Vermeil Room. Basically each building is built completely differently and unique each section of both building represents some form of history.

The similarities of both of these structures are designed for rulers of their country. Many areas of the Whitehouse are similar each has a formal dining room, study room, bedrooms, and beautiful garden. Both the Blue Room and The Hall of Mirrors is where the President and Louis XIV would greet their visitors. The Green Room at one point was used as a dining room, now it is still used as a formal dining, parlor and a large reception area. In comparison to The Antechamber of the Grand Couvert, this was a public place where meals were held. According to the Whitehouse Historical Guide it stated that, the Lincoln's Bedroom which is now the second quest room was at one point President Lincoln's office and a cabinet. In 2005 I was renovated into a nineteen century look by Laura Bush. In this room, the reading and signing of the Proclamation took place. The Halls of Mirror is not only a meeting place, but during 1919 the Treaty of Versailles took place in this building. Both Lincoln Bedroom and The Halls of Mirror had an important turn in our history that took place in each of these rooms. Each of these structures was designed to meet the needs of the President and Louis XIV. They both had their unique style but served the same purpose.

How does the architecture of each structure fit the function of each? To do this you must discuss the function of the structures...meaning what are/were they used for?

The Halls of Mirrors was designed and used as a meeting place , place to have ceremonies, the structure of the Halls of Mirror the gallery's is " seventy-three metres glorified the political, economic and artistic success of France"( Chateau of Versailles).It was painted by Le Brun, in which he display thirty compositions in the arch to show France political success. The Green Room at the Whitehouse, it was called the green room because it was painted green, had a French Savonnerie rug nineteenth century feel to it with a green neoclassical decoration (Whitehouse Rooms). Second, Mesdames' Apartment are symmetrical to the apartments of Dauphin and Dauphine, they are now turned into museums. In the Mesdames' Apartment, First Antechamber was the first bath chamber for Louis XIV, second, Antechamber Madame Victoire's was also a former bath chamber, later it became the room of the Count Toulouse. The President's Dining room in 1861 was once a principal quest room, bedroom, in 1961 it was converted to a Dining room making space to hold 140 people.

What do the two different structures say about the life and philosophy of France at that time when it was built, versus the United States, when the White House was built? What was going on at the time in each country?

Many years ago either just before, or directly after 1700's, France and the United States of America began two very important manors. In America, George Washington agreed to have a house for all future presidents, the White House. In France, King Louis XII was known for making fairy-tale castles. His castles will always be known, and so will the Versailles Palace, only a few miles away from Paris. These two structures were significant to the start of the new democracies.

In December, 1790, George Washington chose the location of the White House, and in 1792, James Hoban from Ireland was