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050 00 $aSB466.F83$bP37213 2008
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100 1 $aBaridon, Michel.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89638621
240 10 $aHistoire des jardins de Versailles.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008008899
245 12 $aA history of the gardens of Versailles /$cMichel Baridon ; translated by Adrienne Mason.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $avii, 285 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPenn studies in landscape architecture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tThe State, the King, and the Gardens -- $gCh. 1.$tThe Monarchy and the Gardens Before the Reign of Louis XIV -- $gCh. 2.$tThe Nature and Splendor of the Monarch -- $gCh. 3.$tA New Image of Good Government -- $gPt. II.$tThe Empire of Geometry -- $gCh. 4.$tVersailles and the Academies -- $gCh. 5.$tThe Astronomers in the Garden: Measuring Nature -- $gCh. 6.$tEngineers and Gardeners: The Remodeling of the Gardens -- $gCh. 7.$tHydraulics and Physics: Water and Air -- $gCh. 8.$tThe World of Plants and the Silent Progress of the Life Sciences -- $gPt. III.$tAn Open-Air Palace: Gardens and the Arts -- $gCh. 9.$tGardens and Culture at Court -- $gCh. 10.$tLe Notre: An Independent Genius -- $gCh. 11.$tLe Notre's Aesthetic -- $gPt. IV.$tThe Gardens of Versailles from Louis XV to the Present Day -- $gCh. 12.$tLouis XV -- $gCh. 13.$tLouis XVI and Marie-Antoinette -- $gCh. 14.$tFrom the Ancien Regime to the Present Day -- $gCh. 15.$tHistory, Gardens, and Landscape.
520 1 $a"The gardens of Versailles are perhaps the most famous in the world. The scale of the gardens is monumental, with a sense of openness to the horizon. They express the spirit of seventeenth-century science with their geometrical layout and with their interest in optics, evidenced by the reflecting mirrors of the water parterres and of the Grand Canal. The original park design, realized by Andre Le Notre, the king himself, and a few advisers, has never been altered. Its main axis runs from east to west to celebrate the Sun King, and Louis XIV was so involved in the creation and maintenance of his gardens that he wrote The Way to Present the Gardens of Versailles to make sure that they were properly enjoyed." "Michel Baridon traces the history of the gardens from their inception through the three centuries of eventful history that they have witnessed. He shows how Louis XIV's successor, Louis XV, made his own original contribution to the gardens at Trianon, and how Mique and Hubert Robert designed, also at Trianon, the English garden and the delightful village beloved by Marie Antoinette."--BOOK JACKET.
546 $aTranslated from the French.
651 0 $aParc de Versailles (Versailles, France)$xHistory.
650 0 $aGardens$zFrance$zVersailles$xHistory.
830 0 $aPenn studies in landscape architecture.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98040965
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