Garden at Monceau
Garden at Monceau

Author: Carmontelle

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-12-08

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0300254687

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Carmontelle’s landmark publication, Garden at Monceau, beautifully reproduced to show the Parisian garden’s artistic and cultural importance before the French Revolution. Originally published in 1779, Garden at Monceau is a richly illustrated presentation of the garden Louis Carrogis, known as Carmontelle, designed on the eve of the French Revolution for Louis-Philippe-Joseph d’Orléans, duc de Chartres. With its array of architectural follies intended to surprise and amaze the visitor, the garden was a setting for ancien régime social life. Carmontelle’s portrayal of his work in Garden at Monceau therefore serves as an expression of a key moment in the history of European landscape design, garden architecture, and social history. This facsimile edition, with its English-language text and reproductions of the original engravings, is accompanied by essays that interpret the landscape design and examine Carmontelle’s larger career as a painter and theater producer.

My French Country Home
My French Country Home

Author: Sharon Santoni

Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Published: 2017-08-08

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1423642791

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Entertaining at home in gracious French style. Born from her experience of everyday living in France, Sharon Santoni reveals the gracious, easy French way of entertaining guests at her countryside home, year-round. Personal stories evoke the spirit of the French lifestyle, while gorgeous photos make us feel right at home. Santoni creates lush bouquets from her garden and utilizes resources from surrounding nature to lay gorgeous tables both indoors and outdoors. Venues range from a Sunday morning breakfast on the patio, to a ladies lunch in her lush garden, a formal dinner in her dining room, and a picnic by the river. Santoni also shares 15 favorite recipes utilizing seasonal foods. Find inspiration for your tables throughout the seasons, and discover the simple pleasure of entertaining friends and family. Sharon Santoni writes the popular blog My French Country Home. She is the author of My Stylish French Girlfriends (Gibbs Smith). She resides in Normandy, France.

The Garden
The Garden

Author: Erlend G. Høyersten

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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Published on the occasion of the first ARoS Triennial, a new international contemporary art exhibition that will be presented every three years in Aarhus, Denmark, in association with The ARoS Art Museum. A catalogue on man's changing relations to nature as seen through art, using ?the garden? as a symbol. The triennial covers artworks from the baroque to contemporary art and from painting, sculpture and installations, to art works that redefine the boundaries for art and nature. The ARoS Triennial The Garden - End of Times, Beginning of Times, uses man's coexistence with and view on nature, indicating how varying world views (religious, political, ideological, cultural, or scientific) have had an impact on how nature has been represented in art through the ages. English and Danish text.

Gardens in Art
Gardens in Art

Author: Lucia Impelluso

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780892368853

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Impelluso analyzes the constituent elements of gardens, both real and imagined, and uncovers their often-hidden symbolic meanings. Paintings and the nearly 400 works presented here provide a continuous visual record of the myriad forms of gardens.

Gardens of Court and Country
Gardens of Court and Country

Author: David Jacques

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0300222017

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Gardens of Court and Country provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the English formal garden from 1630 to 1730. Often overshadowed by the English landscape garden that became fashionable later in the 18th century, English formal gardens of the 17th century displayed important design innovations that reflected a broad rethinking of how gardens functioned within society. With insights into how the Protestant nobility planned and used their formal gardens, the domestication of the lawn, and the transformation of gardens into large rustic parks, David Jacques explores the ways forecourts, flower gardens, bowling greens, cascades, and more were created and reimagined over time. This handsome volume includes 300 illustrations - including plans, engravings, and paintings - that bring lost and forgotten gardens back to life.