Vaux Le Vicomte

Author : Alexandre de Vogüé,Jean-Charles de Vogüé,Ascanio de Vogüé
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9782080201997

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A Day at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte by Alexandre de Vogüé,Jean-Charles de Vogüé,Ascanio de Vogüé Pdf

An insider’s tour of the magnificent seventeenth-century castle and gardens, conceived by Le Vau, Le Brun, and Le Nôtre, that inspired the great châteaux of Europe. Vaux le Vicomte’s rich history began in 1641, when infamous finance minister Nicolas Fouquet bought the estate and enlisted architect Louis Le Vau, decorator Charles Le Brun, and garden designer André Le Nôtre to transform it into a lavish residence. His extravagance piqued Louis XIV’s jealousy, and he was thrown into prison for mishandling funds. The château inspired the design of Versailles and was later home to the great chef Vatel, who famously died for his art. This volume traces the château’s history from the seventeenth century through the Belle Époque, World War I, and its public opening in 1968. Exclusive photography and archival documents offer unprecedented access to the château, furnishings, and gardens, and illuminate the extraordinary secrets of court life and centuries of celebrations that include the enchanting candlelit tours held today.

Author : Guillaume Picon
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9782081513525

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Vaux-le-Vicomte: A Private Invitation by Guillaume Picon Pdf

This comprehensive monograph is an exclusive look inside the château that inspired the design of Versailles and today continues to enchant visitors and film directors alike. Vaux-le-Vicomte’s rich history began in 1641 when infamous French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, the original owner, surrounded himself with the most skilled and talented artisans of the time: the architect Louis Le Vau, the painter Charles Le Brun, and the garden designer André Le Nôtre, to create a perfect harmony between architecture and landscape. The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte and its spectacular gardens fascinated Louis XIV and were the inspira­tion for Versailles. Classified as a historical monument since 1875 under the impetus of the owner at the time, the castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte quickly became a model of the artistic genius of the seventeenth century. This volume traces the château’s history from the seventeenth century through the Belle Époque, World War I, and its public opening in 1968. Exclu­sive photography and archival documents offer unprecedented access to the château, furnishings, and gardens, and illuminate the extraordinary secrets of court life and centuries of celebrations that include the enchanting candlelit tours held today.

Author : Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015040070263

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Vaux Le Vicomte by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos Pdf

The French chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte was built in just five years from 1657 to 1661 by Louis XIV's Minister of Finance Nicolas Foucquet, halfway between the royal summer houses of Vincennes and Fontainebleau. Designed by Louis Le Vau, decorated by Charles Le Brun and with gardens laid out by Andre Le Notre, the house was still partially unfinished on the 17th August 1661 when Foucquet invited the King to the celebrated reception that was followed almost immediatley by Foucquet's arrest. Within weeks, the house was under judicial seal, the team of craftsmen disbanded or removed to Versailles and Foucquet was in prison. Despite its politically unstable history and the threat of demolition during the French Revolution, Vaux has survived remarkably unaltered and intact.

Author : Isabel Bannerman,Julian Bannerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 1910258601

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Landscape of Dreams by Isabel Bannerman,Julian Bannerman Pdf

Isabel and Julian Bannerman have been described as "mavericks in the grand manner, touched by genius" (Min Hogg, World of Interiors) and "the Bonnie and Clyde of garden design" (Ruth Guilding, The Bible of British Taste). Their approach to design, while rooted in history and the classical tradition, is fresh, eclectic and surprising. They designed the British 9/11 Memorial Garden in New York and have also designed gardens for the Prince of Wales at Highgrove and the Castle of Mey, Lord Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk at Arundel Castle in Sussex and John Paul Getty II at Wormsley in Buckinghamshire. The garden they made for themselves at Hanham Court near Bath was acclaimed by Gardens Illustrated as the top garden of 2009, ahead of Sissinghurst. When they moved from Hanham it was to the fairytale castle of Trematon overlooking Plymouth Sound, where they have created yet another magical garden. Landscape of Dreams celebrates the imaginative and practical process of designing, making and planting all of these gardens, and many more.

Author : Allen S. Weiss
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568980507

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Mirrors of Infinity: by Allen S. Weiss Pdf

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

Author : Stella Spriet,Claire Goldstein
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 0812240588

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Vaux and Versailles by Stella Spriet,Claire Goldstein Pdf

Goldstein shows how the connection between Vaux and Versailles is at the heart of classical style. She retraces the roots of Versailles in Fouquet's short-lived experiment, and destabilises any easy understanding of the court of the Sun King as the origin of French national style.

Author : Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2359881655

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The Château of Vaux-le-Vicomte by Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos Pdf

Author : Alain Baraton
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780847842704

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The Gardener of Versailles by Alain Baraton Pdf

INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 Finalist For gardening aficionados and Francophiles, a love letter to the Versailles Palace and grounds, from the man who knows them best. 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 eighty gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and thirty miles of walkways on 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 best seller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Franklin Hamilton Hazlehurst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015013660991

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The French Formal Garden by Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Franklin Hamilton Hazlehurst Pdf

Author : Anatole France
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:47679924

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Clio; And, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte by Anatole France Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1614286329

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Alain Elkann Interviews by Anonim Pdf

Alain Elkann has mastered the art of the interview. With a background in novels and journalism, and having published over twenty books translated across ten languages, he infuses his interviews with innovation, allowing them to flow freely and organically. Alain Elkann Interviews will provide an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years.

Author : Stéphane Bern
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9782080201836

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The Best Loved Villages of France by Stéphane Bern Pdf

An insider’s tour of France’s most beloved and beautiful villages uncovers the country’s hidden treasures. The Best Loved Villages of France brings the reader on a tour of forty-four of the country’s most treasured destinations. Always picturesque, but often well-kept secrets, the book offers insight into village life and local history. Take a tour of a crumbling medieval fortress with the mayor of Lavardin or peruse the maritime objects found at sea by a mustached fisherman in Saint-Suliac. Stroll along the coast of the Wissant bay windsurfer’s paradise or promenade through the manicured grounds of Vaux-le-Vicomte. Watch the sunrise over the fairy-tale castle in Montsoreau or enjoy a fresh langoustine dinner in Piana, Corsica. This book offers an illustrated tour around all twenty-two regions of France, from Provence and the Alps, to Normandy and the Loire. Aerial and intimate photographs invite the reader to explore these splendid locales, while the descriptions, anecdotes, and interviews with local village-dwellers plunge you into the individual history and character of France’s diverse regions. The villages featured in the book were selected in a popular vote by the French public and they represent an authentic journey into the heart of France.

Author : Adrien Goetz,Mathieu Deldicque
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9782080204370

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A Day at Château de Chantilly by Adrien Goetz,Mathieu Deldicque Pdf

A comprehensive tour of the magnificent Château de Chantilly, its superlative art collection, important stables, and beautiful gardens. The Domaine de Chantilly is an exceptional treasure of French culture and heritage, rebuilt after the Revolution by Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale--son of King Louis-Philippe--as a home and museum for his unrivaled collection of furniture, decorative arts, books, and paintings. These constitute the Condé Museum's extensive galleries--second only to the Louvre in France--with masterpieces including paintings by Raphael, Clouet, Poussin, and Ingres; the illuminated manuscript Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry; furniture; porcelains; drawings; and early photographs. Chantilly's elegant private apartments, kept precisely as they were during the duc d'Aumale's lifetime, are beautifully preserved examples of the uniquely French Louis Philippe style; its recently restored garden was designed by celebrated landscape architect André Le Nôtre; and the still-active Great Stables are the largest and most opulent in Europe. This slipcased volume offers rare access to one of France's most complete and beautiful stately homes and its world-class art collection that is carefully conserved today by the Institut de France.

Author : Patrick Hourcade
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9782080243713

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Karl: No Regrets by Patrick Hourcade Pdf

Step inside the private realm of the great designer Karl Lagerfeld through the eyes of his fellow artist and close friend Patrick Hourcade. The artist Patrick Hourcade met Karl Lagerfeld in 1976. A friendship that will last more than twenty years is immediately born between the two men, strengthened by their shared passion for eighteenth-century arts. After studying art history, Patrick Hourcade begins working with the creative team at Vogue Paris, while at the same time introducing Karl to his beloved specialty, the arts of the Enlightenment. From then on, he would accompany the great fashion designer on all of his lavish acquisitions--mansions, decors, and works of art. The two would build a magnificent universe together, refined and sometimes overly extravagant, especially at the Grand-Champ chateau in Brittany, the Hotel Pozzo di Borgo in Paris, or at La Vigie, a villa on the French Riviera. Patrick Hourcade tells the story of this aesthetic connection, through previously unpublished documents and a unique biography of Karl Lagerfeld, where he is seen in all of his splendor as well as his weaknesses. This intimate story also crosses paths with the colorful characters who populated the life of the great designer, including Anna Piaggi and Francine Crescent, Laure de Beauvau and Liliane de Rothschild, Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent, Gilles Defour, Vincent Darré, Guy Bourdin, and Andrée Putnam, and, most importantly, his mother Elisabeth and Jacques de Bascher--his two loves of his life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : RAM U.S.A., Publications and Distribution
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39015040531884

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Le Nôtre's Gardens by Anonim Pdf