A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities
A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

Author: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 9004312420

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In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.

The World of André Le Nôtre
The World of André Le Nôtre

Author: Thierry Mariage

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9780812234688

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But as Thierry Mariage makes clear in this detailed and lucid book, the garden style that Le Notre brought to perfection need not be seen in opposition to the later "English" one; rather, he claims, they represent two points along a continuum that exists between the natural and cultural worlds.