The Gardens Of Versailles

Author : Alain Baraton
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780847842704

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The Gardener of Versailles by Alain Baraton Pdf

An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.

Author : Pierre-André Lablaude
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Gardens
ISBN : UCSD:31822021386131

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The Gardens of Versailles by Pierre-André Lablaude Pdf

Throughout the nineteenth century, the gardens were maintained, restored and replanted, and today they are being further restored to their original state, reflecting the most significant contributions made by each of the preceding periods.

Author : Michel Baridon
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812240788

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A History of the Gardens of Versailles by Michel Baridon Pdf

Michel Baridon traces the history of the most famous gardens in the world from their inception through the three centuries of eventful history that they have witnessed.

Author : Chandra Mukerji
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521599598

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Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles by Chandra Mukerji Pdf

In seventeenth-century France, land took on new importance for the practice of politics and rituals of court life. In her major new book, Chandra Mukerji highlights the connections between the two seemingly disparate activities of engineering and garden design. She shows how, at Versailles in particular, the royal park showcased French skills in using nature and art to design a distinctively French landscape and create a naturalized political territoriality. She challenges the association of state power with social and legal structures alone and demonstrates the importance for Louis XIV and his state of a controlled physical site, a demarcated French territory within the wider European geo-political continent.

Author : Robert W. Berger,Thomas F. Hedin
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812241075

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Diplomatic Tours in the Gardens of Versailles Under Louis XIV by Robert W. Berger,Thomas F. Hedin Pdf

The first book to examine how the vast gardens of Versailles were used as a setting for the receptions of ambassadors, heads of state, and other visiting dignitaries who conducted diplomatic and political business with France.

Author : Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide,Bertrand Rondot
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396228

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Visitors to Versailles by Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide,Bertrand Rondot Pdf

What was it like to visit one of the most magnificent courts of Europe? Based on a wealth of contemporary documents and surviving works of art, this lavish book explores the experiences of those who swarmed the palace and grounds of Versailles when it was the seat of the French monarchy. Engaging essays describe methods of transportation, the elaborate codes of dress and etiquette, precious diplomatic gifts, royal audiences, and tours of the palace and gardens. Also presented are the many types of visitors and guests who eagerly made their way to this center of power and culture, including day-trippers and Grand Tourists, European diplomats, overseas ambassadors, incognito travelers, and Americans. Through paintings and portraits, furniture, costumes and uniforms, arms and armor, guidebooks, and other works of art, Visitors to Versailles illuminates what travelers encountered at court and what impressions, gifts, and souvenirs they took home with them. In bringing to life their experiences, this sumptuously illustrated volume reminds us why Versailles has enchanted generations of visitors from the ancien régime to the present day.

Author : Catherine Pégard,Mathieu da Vinha
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781614289623

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Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons by Catherine Pégard,Mathieu da Vinha Pdf

Lavishly illustrated with archival images and beautiful photography, Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons features insightful texts by Catherine Pégard, president of the Château de Versailles, with the collaboration of Mathieu da Vinha, scientific director of the Château de Versailles Research Center, revealing all the stories that have unfolded within this glorious monument.

Author : Christian Duvernois
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015077123449

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Marie Antoinette and the Last Garden of Versailles by Christian Duvernois Pdf

Marie-Antoinette has been idolized as the height of eighteenth-century French style and vilified as the spark that ignited the French Revolution. This book departs from such traditional interpretations of the infamous queen’s reign and chooses to reflect on the humanistic aspects of her private realm. To escape the formalities and royal obligations of Louis XVI’s court, Marie-Antoinette created a private realm of pleasure for herself at the Petit Trianon and Hameau, where she planted the first Anglo-Chinese garden; created a trysting grotto; a working farm; and revolutionized architecture and gardening trends for the century to come. Marie-Antoinette’s entire private domain and its story are told in beautiful photographic detail by François Halard for the first time since its recent restoration and accompanied by well-researched texts by garden expert Christian Duvernois.

Author : Thomas F. Hedin
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780812298376

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The Fountain of Latona by Thomas F. Hedin Pdf

Ovid tells the story of Latona, the mother by Jupiter of Apollo and Diana. In her flight from the jealous Juno, she arrives faint and parched on the coast of Asia Minor. Kneeling to sip from a pond, Latona is met by the local peasants, who not only deny her effort but muddy the water in pure malice. Enraged, Latona calls a curse down upon the stingy peasants, turning them to frogs. In his masterful study, Thomas F. Hedin reveals how and why a fountain of this strange legend was installed in the heart of Versailles in the 1660s, the inaugural decade of Louis XIV’s patronage there. The natural supply of water was scarce and unwieldy, and it took the genius of the king’s hydraulic engineers, working in partnership with the landscape architect André Le Nôtre, to exploit it. If Ovid’s peasants were punished for their stubborn denial of water, so too the obstacles of coarse nature at Versailles were conquered; the aquatic iconography of the fountain was equivalent to the aquatic reality of the gardens. Latona was designed by Charles Le Brun, the most powerful artist at the court of Louis XIV, and carried out by Gaspard and Balthazar Marsy. The 1660s were rich in artistic theory in France, and the artists of the fountain delivered substantial lectures at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on subjects of central concern to their current work. What they professed was what they were visualizing in the gardens. As such, the fountain is an insider’s guide to the leading artistic ideals of the moment. Louis XIV was viewed as the reincarnation of Apollo, the god of creativity, the inspiration of artists and scientists. Hedin’s original argument is that Latona was a double declaration: a glorification of the king and a proud manifesto by artists.

Author : Ian Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781582346311

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The Sun King's Garden by Ian Thompson Pdf

Presents an illustrated account of the creation of one of the world's most dazzling and extensive gardens, the gardens at the palace of Versailles, noting the unique four-decade friendship between Louis XIV, the creator of the garden, and Andre Le Ntre, the gardener.

Author : Yves Carlier
Publisher : Flammarion-Pere Castor
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822038984506

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A Day at Versailles by Yves Carlier Pdf

The Chateau de Versailles is one of the most beautiful and fascinating achievements of eighteenth-century French art. This unique book offers readers unprecedented access to this historical treasure. The world's most iconic chateau has welcomed tourists the world over, yet this handsome slipcased volume offers up the charm of a thousand and one hidden places in the chateau, its gardens, and pavilions. All were designed to surprise and delight the eye and all the senses at every turn, their ornate decoration forming an integral part of the elite lifestyle of the eighteenth century. This comprehensive volume captures the exquisite setting and inimitable ambience of Versailles and its gardens, from its intimate private spaces usually closed to the general public to the charming Petit Trianon and dairy farm created for the pure pleasure of Marie-Antoinette.

Author : Jacques Moulin
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9782080204103

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Trianon and the Queen's Hamlet at Versailles by Jacques Moulin Pdf

Exceptional new photography brings readers behind the scenes of the Trianons and Marie Antoinette's Hamlet at Versailles--including areas usually closed to the public. Life in the Château de Versailles was dense with pomp and circumstance, and the royals often craved a quiet moment with friends and lovers far from the din of the court. Hidden away from the palace on the grounds nearby, the kings built the Grand Trianon, Petit Trianon, and the Queen's Hamlet, where they could slip away to entertain their inner circle. This book explores every aspect of life at these private outbuildings, from the furnishings and gardens to the history and inhabitants. In 1687, the sun king Louis XIV conceived of the Grand Trianon and its exceptional parterres and fountains as a seamless link between court and garden--a private retreat where he could withdraw with his family and escape the heavy hand of protocol. Louis XV commissioned the Petit Trianon, a neoclassical masterpiece with four unique facades, its famous menagerie, and botanical gardens. Louis XVI bestowed the Petit Trianon on Marie Antoinette; in her gardens and picturesque hamlet and farm, the queen's presence is more tangible here than anywhere else at Versailles. This handsome volume, with newly commissioned photography, is both a historical testimony and an intimate visit on the grounds of the palace of Versailles.

Author : Louis XIV (King of France),Simone Hoog
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France)
ISBN : 2711824780

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The Way to Present the Gardens of Versailles by Louis XIV (King of France),Simone Hoog Pdf

Author : Daniel Meyer,Béatrix Saule
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 2854951174

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Versailles by Daniel Meyer,Béatrix Saule Pdf

Author : Jean Chaufourier,André Le Nôtre,Emmanuel Ducamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Engraving, French
ISBN : 2909838501

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The Gardens of Le Nôtre at Versailles by Jean Chaufourier,André Le Nôtre,Emmanuel Ducamp Pdf

Commissioned by Louis XIV, Andre le Notre designed a timeless garden of magnificent proportions. Widely admired and imitated throughout Europe, 300 years after its creation the garden at Versailles remains the quintessential jardin a la francaise. The son of a gardener, le Notre studied practical geometry as well as theories of space and perspective, both of which he used to advantage in his rigorous design. Unparalleled in his ability to tame nature, le Notre shaped the existing landscape to fit his uncompromising ideas of symmetry, structure, and beauty. This book is a celebration of le Notre's triumph, beautifully illustrated with previously unpublished plans.