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| Foreword | ||
| Introduction | ||
| 1 | Establishment of the Classic Landscape | 1 |
| Mutations of the Seigneurial Residence | 1 | |
| Protectionist Policies and Economic Planning | 8 | |
| The Rehabilitation of the French Nobility | 14 | |
| 2 | The Generation of Planners | 27 |
| The Milieu and Corporation of Gardeners | 27 | |
| Practical Geometry and Measuring Instruments | 32 | |
| Conceptions of Landscape | 40 | |
| 3 | Theory and Forms of the French Garden | 47 |
| From Agronomy to Aesthetics | 47 | |
| The Precepts of Boyceau de la Baraudiere | 52 | |
| Symbolism of the Classic Garden and Origins of the Constitutive Parts | 54 | |
| Some Gardens from the First Half of the Seventeenth Century | 63 | |
| Critical Analysis of Courances | 71 | |
| The Originality of Vaux | 78 | |
| Fragments of Le Notre's Theory and Typical Features of His Style | 83 | |
| 4 | Parks, Forests, and Planning | 93 |
| The Surintendance des Batiments du Roi | 93 | |
| Regional-Scale Planning at Versailles | 98 | |
| Regulation of Space | 104 | |
| Conclusion | 113 | |
| Notes | 115 | |
| Glossary | 121 | |
| Bibliography | 125 | |
| Index | 137 | |
| Translator's Acknowledgments | 145 |
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Philip Metts
reviewed The World of Andre Le Notre on December 27, 2009
The World of Andre Le Notre
Short version: Not bad for a long magazine article, not great for a book.
Long version: I wouldn't call this so much a history as an expose, a nice journalistic paddle in the shallows of what the SCA is. Every so often, O'Donnell seems to hedge in the hopes of not offending SCA folk, which can be frustrating, if understandable. Further frustration sets in when you read about a particularly interesting aspect of the Society about which O'Donnell only has superficial things to say. Certainly don't expect to hear as much about fighting as about people. Perhaps the most satisfying thing is getting the back-story on Valharic, currently King of Atlantia and soon to become the Duke he dreams of being in O'Donnell's book.
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