The Sun King's garden : Louis XIV, Andre Le Nôtre, and the creation of the gardens of Versailles / Ian Thompson.

Main entry:

Thompson, Ian H., 1955-

Title & Author:

The Sun King's garden : Louis XIV, Andre Le Nôtre, and the creation of the gardens of Versailles / Ian Thompson.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.

Description:

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-360) and index.
The fateful party -- Born to garden -- The sun rises -- The unpromising site -- Geometry and earthworks -- First plans -- The new Rome -- Divertissements -- Pleasure works -- Zenith -- Total control -- Changes -- Waterworks -- The machine and the aqueduct -- Escape to Marly -- Honorable old age -- Hard times and sunset -- Influence.

Summary:

"Warmonger, womaniser and autocrat, Louis XIV, France's self-styled 'Sun King', was also history's most fanatical gardener. At Versailles, twelve miles outside Paris, he created not only Europe's most lavish palace, but the most extensive gardens the Western world has ever seen. The domain of Versailles now covers 1,890 acres (about twice the size of New York's Central Park), but in its heyday under Louis, the Grand Parc covered an astounding 19,800 acres."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

1582346313 (hardcover)
9781582346311 (hardcover)

Subject:

Le Nôtre, André, 1613-1700.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 Influence.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
Gardens, French History 17th century.
Gardens France Design History 17th century.
Jardins français Histoire 17e siècle.
Gardens Design
Gardens, French
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Tuinen.
Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France)
Jardins de Versailles (Versailles, France)
France
France Versailles Parc de Versailles
Versailles.
1661-1715

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250002
Call No.: BIB 179533
Status: Available

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