The Baroque Landscape
by Michael Brix
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0847826066
- ISBN 13
- 9780847826063
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- First printing (number line contains "1").
- Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
- Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) was the greatest landscape architect in France, and his work for Louis XIV (the Sun King) laid the groundwork for the baroque style in landscaping. He also defined the essence of French landscape design -scientific, rationalist-in counterpoint to the more romantic, naturalistic English tradition and based his work on the then state-of-the-art science of optics and perspective.
The castle and gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte (approximately 50 km 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.
Vaux-le-Vicomte is among the most popular French public gardens visited by tourists, roughly 50 percent of whom are from English-speaking countries.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FOLAZBB302
- Title
- The Baroque Landscape
- Author
- Michael Brix
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0847826066
- ISBN 13
- 9780847826063
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- Date Published
- 2004
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- Friends of the LIbrary; Gardens & Gardening;
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