French Garden renaissance presentation slides

Landscape architecture

1. French Garden
Renaissance period
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2. French GardenRenaissance period
TheFrenchformalgarden,alsocalledthe"gardenintheFrench
manner"inFrench,isastyleofgardenbasedonsymmetryandthe
principleofimposingorderonnature.

3. Villa VAUX LA VICOMTE
The first important garden à la françaisewas the Chateau ofVaux-le-Vicomte,
created byNicolas Fouquet, the superintendent of Finances to Louis XIV, beginning
in 1656. Fouquet commissionedLouis Le Vauto design the chateau,Charles Le
Brunto design statues for the garden, andAndré Le Nôtreto create the gardens.
For the first time, that garden and the chateau were perfectly integrated.
A grand perspective of 1500 meters extended from the foot of the
chateau to the statue of the Hercules of Farnese; and the space was
filled with parterres of evergreen shrubs in ornamental patterns,
bordered by colored sand, and the alleys were decorated at regular
intervals by statues, basins, fountains, and carefully sculpted
topiaries. "The symmetry attained at Vaux achieved a degeeof
perfection and unity rarely equalledin the art of classic gardens. The
chateau is at the center of this strict spatial organization which
symbolizes power and success.

4. AtVaux-le-Vicomte,
thearchitectLouisLeVau,
thelandscapearchitectAndré
leNôtre
andthepainter-decorator
CharlesLeBrunworked
togetheron
alarge-scaleprojectforthe
firsttime.
Theircollaborationmarked
the
beginningofthe"LouisXIV
style“
combiningarchitecture,
interiordesign
andlandscapedesign.The
garden's
pronouncedvisualaxisisan
example
ofthisstyle.
Villa VAUX LA VICOMTE

5. Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles, created byAndré Le Nôtrebetween 1662 and 1700, were
the greatest achievement of the Garden à la francaise. They were the largest gardens
in Europe -with an area of 15000 hectares, and were laid out on an east-west axis
followed the course of the sun: the sun rose over the Court of Honor, lit the Marble
Court, crossed the Chateau and lit the bedroom of the King, and set at the end of the
Grand Canal, reflected in the mirrors of the Hall of Mirrors.
17th-century engraving of
Vaux-le-Vicomte.
In contrast with the grand
perspectives, reaching to
the horizon, the garden
was full of surprises -
fountains, small gardens fill
with statuary, which
provided a more human
scale and intimate spaces.

6. The central symbol of the Garden was the sun; the emblem ofLouis XIV, illustrated
by the statue ofApolloin the central fountain of the garden. "The views and
perspectives, to and from the palace, continued to infinity. The king ruled over
nature, recreating in the garden not only his domination of his territories, but over
the court and his subjects.
Gardens of Versailles