Main entry:

Pincas, Stéphane.

Title & Author:

Versailles : the history of the gardens and their sculpture / Stéphane Pincas ; photographs by Maryvonne Rocher-Gilotte ; [translated from the French by Fiona Cowell].

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1996.

Description:

280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Errata slip inserted.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-278) and index.
I. The garden in France. The evolution of the French garden. The evolution of Versailles. The layout of the gardens -- II. A walk in the gardens. The Jardin Haut. The Great Axis. The bosquets of the Jardin Bas -- III. Light diversions and major engineering. Fetes. Waterworks -- Glossary of French garden terms.

Summary:

In this sumptuous book, Stephane Pincas takes us on a unique guided tour in time and space, vividly recreating the whole history of the gardens. Through the upper garden, the great central axis and the lower garden - echoing the route taken by the Sun King himself - we explore parterres, fountains, and the fantastical open-air rooms of the bosquets, discovering every feature that remains or once had its place there. Assembling paintings, sculptures now in museums, historical documents and prints (including brilliant illustrations of the Labyrinth prepared for Louis XIV, never reproduced in colour before), and superb specially-taken photographs, Versailles: The History of the Gardens and their Sculpture is the most detailed pictorial account ever published of one of the greatest of all total works of art.

ISBN:

0500017018
9780500017012

Subject:

Sculpture, French France Parc de Versailles (Versailles)
Landscape architecture France Parc de Versailles (Versailles)
Gardens, French France Versailles.
Sculpture, French France Versailles.
Jardins Architecture France Versailles.
Jardins français France Versailles.
Sculpture française France Versailles.
Gardens, French
Landscape architecture
Sculpture, French
Tuinen.
Chateau de Versailles.
Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France)
Jardins de Versailles (Versailles, France)
France Versailles
France Versailles Parc de Versailles
kunst
arts
gebouwen
buildings
keramiek
ceramics
ontwerp
design
landgoederen
estates
frankrijk
france
tuinen
gardens
regering
government
geschiedenis
history
parken
parks
plastiek
plastic arts
particulier eigendom
private ownership
beeldhouwwerk
sculpture
versiering
decoration
Garden History
Tuinhistorie
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 126247
Call No.: ID SB466.F83.P374; ID:97-B1012
Status: Available