Gardens of illusion : the genius of André Le Nostre / by F. Hamilton Hazlehurst ; with plans, and elevation drawings by Philetus H. Holt, III.

Main entry:

Hazlehurst, F. Hamilton (Franklin Hamilton), 1925-2020, author.

Title & Author:

Gardens of illusion : the genius of André Le Nostre / by F. Hamilton Hazlehurst ; with plans, and elevation drawings by Philetus H. Holt, III.

Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 1980.
©1980

Description:

xi, 418 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, plans (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-414) and index.
Le Nostre -- Vaux-le-Vicomte -- Fontainebleau -- Versailles -- The Trianon -- The Tuileries -- Palais-Royal -- Private Town Gardens -- Saint-Germain-en-Laye -- Sceaux -- Meudon -- Saint-Cloud -- Chantilly -- Clagny -- Other garden projects: Maintenon, Saint-Cyr, Gaillon, and Marly -- A late work: Pontchartrain -- Final observations

Summary:

André Le Nostre, the son and grandson of royal master gardeners, was the most influential landscape architect of his time. In this definitive study, Professor Hazlehurst shows how his style developed from a complex of influences: his family background, the classic tradition, French rationalism, and the theories of landscape design propounded by Jacques Boyceau and Claude Mollet. He also traces the impact of Père Niceron, Salomon de Caus, and Simon Vouet on Le Nostre's understanding of the principles of perspective and optical foreshortening. By careful analysis of the sites where Le Nostre is known to have worked, among them Vaux-le-Vicomte, Fontainebleau, the Tuileries, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Versailles, Chantilly, Meudon, and Saint-Cloud, Professor Hazlehurst illustrates his skillful use of optical illusion to introduce vitality and surprise into otherwise coldly formal compositions. More than 370 photographs, plans, and elevation drawings, some in color, are included to show how these illusions were created. Garden of Illusion, the first book-length study of André Le Nostre to appear in almost twenty years, provides important new insights into the practice of landscape gardening not only in France but in the Western world. -- Jacket.

ISBN:

0826512097 (hardcover)
9780826512093 (hardcover)

Subject:

Le Nôtre, André, 1613-1700.
Landscape architects France Biography.
Gardens, French History 17th century.
Gardens France Design History 17th century.
Gardens France Pictorial works.
Gardens, French Pictorial works.
Architectes paysagistes France Biographies.
Jardins français Ouvrages illustrés.
Jardins Architecture France Histoire 17e siècle.
Jardins français Histoire 17e siècle.
Jardins France Ouvrages illustrés.
Gardens
Gardens Design
Gardens, French
Landscape architects
Tuinarchitectuur.
France
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Form/genre:

Biography
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Biographies
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Holt, Philetus H., illustrator, draftsman.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 12670
Call No.: 8238; ID:87-B1464
Status: Available

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