French Landscape renaissance presentation slides

Landscape architecture

1. French Landscape
Renaissance period
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2. FRENCH GARDEN DURING RENAISSANCE

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Villa VAUX LA VICOMTE
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomteis a baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun,
55 kilometres(34mi) southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne départementof France.
At Vaux-le-Vicomte,
the architect Louis Le Vau,
the landscape architect André le Nôtre
and the painter-decorator
Charles Le Brunworked together on
a large-scale project for the first time.
Their collaboration marked the
beginning of the "Louis XIV style“
combining architecture, interior design
and landscape design. The garden's
pronounced visual axis is an example
of this style.

6. Le Nôtre'sgarden was the dominant structure of the great complex,
stretching nearly a mile and a half (3km), with a balanced composition of water basins and
canals contained in stone curbs, fountains, gravel walks, and patterned parterres that
remains more coherent than the vast display Le Nôtrewas to create at Versailles

7. The site was naturally well-watered, with two small rivers that met in the park;
the canalized bed of one forms the Grand Canal, which leads to a square basin.
Le Nôtrecreated a magnificent scene to be viewed from the house, using the laws of perspective.
Le Notre used the natural terrain to his advantage.
He placed the canal at the lowest part of the complex, thus hiding it from the main perspectival
point of view. Past the canal, the garden ascends a large open lawn and ends with the
Hercules column added in the 19th century. Shrubberies provided a picture frame to the garden
that also served as a stage for royal fêtes.

8. Le Nôtreemployed an optical illusion called anamorphosis abscondita
(which might be roughly translated as 'hidden distortion') in his garden design
in order to establish decelerated perspective. The most apparent change in this
manner is of the reflecting pools.
They are narrower at the closest point to the viewer (standing at the rear of the château)
than at their farthest point; this makes them appear closer to the viewer.