Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque

Name: Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque
Brand: University of Pennsylvania Press
SKU: 9780812237221
Price: 4607.00 INR
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by Claude-Henri Watelet, Samuel Danon

University of Pennsylvania Press · 2003 · Hardcover

First published in 1774, this essay tracks the shift in French taste from the classical gardens of Versailles to the picturesque, using Watelet’s own garden at Moulin Joli.

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About this book

First published in 1774, this essay is one of the earliest texts to show French taste moving away from the classical gardens of Versailles towards the picturesque, or natural, style of garden design. Claude-Henri Watelet wrote it in the late eighteenth century.

Watelet works out his ideas on landscape through two examples: an ideal farm, and his own real garden, Moulin Joli, near Paris. The essay is a useful source for anyone studying garden history or French taste in the eighteenth century.

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN-13: 9780812237221.