The Baroque landscape
André Le Nôtre & Vaux le Vicomte
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Author
Contributions
- Lindberg, Steven. - Contributor
- Fachhochschule München (Germany) - Contributor
Publication
2004 - Rizzoli, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
47,750 words, Guess
Page Count
191 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL15552575M
- ISBN-100847826066
- OCLC Control Number55982678
- OCLC Control Number123339731
- Library of Congress Control Number2006355206
and 2 more
- Goodreads1002665
- LibraryThing601699
Classifications
- LCCSB470.55.F8 V3813 2004
Alternate Titles
- Andé Le nôtre & Vaux le Vicomte
Description
"André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) was the greatest landscape architect in France, and his work for Louis XIV laid the groundwork for the baroque style in landscaping. He defined the essence of scientific, rationalist French landscape design - in counterpoint to which the more romantic, naturalistic English tradition later evolved - by basing his work on the state of the art in optics and perspective. The château and gardens at Vaux le Vicomte (approximately 30 miles south of Paris) were begun in 1653. They are the first great landscape designed by André Le Nôtre and mark the beginning of the baroque tradition in gardening. Many of the principles Le Nôtre tried and tested at Vaux were later employed to great acclaim at Versailles, which he designed at the height of his career"--Bookjacket.
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