The presentation by BOLIVART of the art book Versailles, la vie dans le Grand Parc au temps de Louis XIV with the new application Artbookreader, is the demonstration that a nice book, an art book, can successfully be presented in a first rate digital version to be read on an iPad, adding many potentialities unattainable with a classic paper version. In this example, one will travel through the Grand Parc de Versailles, the ex-shooting place of Louis XIV, an area ten times larger than the actual park of the Chateau, much larger than Paris intra muros. The Belgian artist Thierry Bosquet superbly illustrated the book ; each painting is commented by Philippe Beaussant, a member of the Acadmie Franaise, and each chapter introduced by a well-known specialist of this period of French history. Adding to the pleasure of discovering a world that has disappeared today, one will enjoy the fascination that new technology can bring out. One will discover the one hundred paintings, reproduced in high definition, appearing with a stunning brightness. At the same time, one will be able to localize, in real geographically, where the scene happened.Thanks to this program, one is able, at any time, to focalize on the text only, on the pictures only, or on both of them. At a fingertip, the picture, the title or the comment of Philippe Beaussant, can appear or disappear. One will find notes, be able to go back to definitions, download the pictures, zoom or rotate, even comment oneself a text or a picture, making the viewing a total interactive experience.Always at a fingertip, one is able to magnify an image so to visualize the smallest detail, a thing difficult to do with a paper book edition without the help of a magnifier glass. One can put all the images on a diaporama, or chose to take only the text to study it at length. One can look at it on the iPad, but also use a home projector, or send it to a friend throughout Internet.You will have great fun discovering all this and many other functionalities of the application. So, take your time, be patient, it takes only a few minutes to download the program. Enjoy !
