Versailles in Golden Light

To proclaim that the chateau at Versailles can be disected into a singular element sounds like a discredit to one of the marvels of the world, but I think it can be done. Well, at least for me, the interior can be brought down to the element of light. Reflected light, refracted light, light in many other forms and it's function. It's function was to do more than illuminate a room, it was all for the illumination of it's creator, The Sun King. It seems all the gold in the world is at Versailles, in it's rooms and on it's roof. Even the gardens have gold touches. It is very easy to see it all as overkill, egotistical and ostentacious (and it is) but digging deeper, for me, it seems to symbolize that flicker of golden light on a cold grey day, or the idea which comes to you at a moment's notice. It is the light of searching for knowledge and the soft light which can only happen over a candlelit dinner with a loved one. I once said to someone that the 18th century exists in eternal candle light. The gaslight for the next century had a different mood altogether. After the Revolution, the candle was snuffed out forever and I am reminded of this everytime I walk through the Hall of Mirrors. One revolt and it was all over.