An edition of The Sun King's garden
(2006)
The Sun King's garden
Louis XIV, Andre Le Nôtre, and the creation of the gardens of Versailles
1st U.S. ed
by Ian H. Thompson
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"Warmonger, womaniser and autocrat, Louis XIV, France's self-styled 'Sun King', was also history's most fanatical gardener. At Versailles, twelve miles outside Paris, he created not only Europe's most lavish palace, but the most extensive gardens the Western world has ever seen. The domain of Versailles now covers 1,890 acres (about twice the size of New York's Central Park), but in its heyday under Louis, the Grand Parc covered an astounding 19,800 acres."--BOOK JACKET.
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17th century, Design, French Gardens, Gardens, Gardens, French, History, Influence, Gardening, france, Gardens, franceTimes
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The Sun King's garden: Louis XIV, Andre Le Nôtre, and the creation of the gardens of Versailles
2006, Bloomsbury
in English
0747576483 9780747576488
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The Sun King's garden: Louis XIV, Andre Le Nôtre, and the creation of the gardens of Versailles
2006, Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers
in English
- 1st U.S. ed
1582346313 9781582346311
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Table of Contents
The fateful party
Born to garden
The sun rises
The unpromising site
Geometry and earthworks
First plans
The new Rome
Divertissements
Pleasure works
Zenith
Total control
Changes
Waterworks
The machine and the aqueduct
Escape to Marly
Honorable old age
Hard times and sunset
Influence
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-360) and index
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