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A History of the Gardens of Versailles
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A History of the Gardens of Versailles, The gardens of Versailles are perhaps the most famous in the world. Seemingly open to the horizon, their scale is monumental. Their grand east-west axis celebrates the Sun King, even as they offer an expression of the scientific spirit of the age in their, A History of the Gardens of Versailles
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  • A History of the Gardens of Versailles
  • Written by author Michel Baridon
  • Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 4/16/2012
  • The gardens of Versailles are perhaps the most famous in the world. Seemingly open to the horizon, their scale is monumental. Their grand east-west axis celebrates the Sun King, even as they offer an expression of the scientific spirit of the age in their
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Introduction

PART I. THE STATE, THE KING, AND THE GARDENS
1. The Monarchy and the Gardens Before the Reign of Louis XIV
2. The Nature and Splendor of the Monarch
3. A New Image of Good Government

PART II. THE EMPIRE OF GEOMETRY
4. Versailles and the Academies
5. The Astronomers in the Garden: Measuring Nature
6. Engineers and Gardeners: The Remodeling of the Gardeners
7. Hydraulics and Physics: Water and Air
8. The World of Plants and the Silent Progress of the Life Sciences

PART III. AN OPEN-AIR PALACE: GARDENS AND THE ARTS
9. Gardens and Culture at Court
10. Le Nôtre: An Independent Genius
11. Le Nôtre's Aesthetic

PART IV. THE GARDENS OF VERSAILLES FROM LOUIS XV TO THE PRESENT DAY
12. Louis XV
13. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
14. From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day
15. History, Gardens, and Landscape

Maps Chronology Notes Glossary Bibliography Index Acknowledgments


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