In contrast, this book examines the political and cultural intrigues during the era. The palace of versailles is a royal chateau in versailles, in the iledefrance region of france. The book and gift store offers a range of books displayed with a careful selection of. To achieve his masterpiece, louis xiv mobilized the seventeenth centurys artistic and scientific elite.
Potager du roi kitchen garden of the king history of the palace of versailles. The young dauphin the future louis xiii came to versailles for his first hunting trip on 24 august 1607. This is very good book on these beautiful gardens, the images. They express the spirit of seventeenthcentury science with their geometrical layout and with their interest in optics, evidenced by the reflecting mirrors of the water parterres and of the grand canal. However, i found the amount of detail on the actual construction of the palace to be, on the whole, rather meager. The park of the palace of versailles spreads out from the foot o. The gardens of versailles have seen many a horticultural trailblazer in their time. Although the location existed for centuries before the sovereign, louis xiv developed a genuine liking for versailles early on, and decided to extend it beyond the chateau that had grown out of the hunting lodge of brick and stone first built by his father. Readers will wish more of his books were available in. This gigantic task aimed at returning the gardens, as closely as possible, to their original layout. The history and legacy of frances most famous royal palace kindle edition by charles river editors.
Movies about gardeners are rare blooms, so a little chaos is a bit of a thrill. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The history of versailles is inextricably linked with the figure of louis xiv. A history of the gardens of versailles michel baridon, adrienne. The women in the life of the sun king by antonia fraser, ma. The gardens of versailles share book recommendations. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about versailles like never before. In 1661 louis xiv entrusted andre le notre with the creation and renovation of the gardens of versailles, which he considered just as important as the palace. In contrast, this book examines the political and cultural intrigues during the era of the gardens creation. The information on the palace of versailles doesnt give a number of individual gardens. The scale of the gardens is monumental, with a sense of openness to the horizon. The sisters of versailles by sally christie, love and louis xiv. How many gardens in the palace of versailles answers. Louis xiv started it off with his sun king fountains, proliferation of bosquets and the odd lovers grotto.
The creation of the gardens of versailles is the context for the film a little chaos, directed by alan rickman and released in 2015, in which kate winslet plays a fictional landscape gardener and rickman plays king louis xiv. In 1990 a vast restoration project was initiated for the park at versailles. Work on the gardens was started at the same time as the work on the palace and lasted for 40 or so years. This book celebrates the event by presenting a detailed history of the gardens, from the hunting estate acquired by louis xiii, to the park of today. The gardens of versailles are perhaps the most famous in the world. Though the gardens of versailles are spectacular, if you ever visit the ile of france, be sure to see le notres masterwork at vieux le vicomte, now thats perfection personifiedit was so spectacular that the king had the owner fouquet imprisoned, his property confiscated, and had le notre leave vieux le vicomte and start work immediately on. Alan rickmans film about the building of a garden at versailles. As well as having a rich broadcast history, tony spawforth is the author and editor of numerous books on the ancient world. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading versailles. Known the world over, the gardens of versailles are often visited hurriedly by. Over, the emperor at the kings home napoleon at louis xivs. From the splendour of the state apartments that evoke the life. A history of the gardens of versailles michel baridon. A wellwritten history of the building and various remodeling efforts undertaken at versailles, this book managed on a several occasions to prove interesting.
Book your tickets online for palace of versailles, versailles. There are 200,000 trees in the gardens, and each year around 210,000. Versailles is as famous for le nortes gardens are they are for mansarts palace to end all palaces. The history and legacy of frances most famous royal palace.
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