French Absolutist

Question 1

Answer 1

Vaux-le Vicomte, Seine-et-Marne, 1656‐1661,

Nicolas Fouquet;

architect: Le Vau;

landscape architect: André le Notre

1200‐acre park

(compare with Golden Gate Park; 1017 acres)

Anamorphosis abscondita: hidden distortion and decelerated perspective

Question 2

Answer 2

Vaux-le Vicomte: buildings & terraces, water, planting

Question 3

Answer 3

Versailles, 1661‐1715 (garden designed from 1669),

Louis XIV;

architect: Le Vau;

landscape architect: André le Notre.

2014‐acre park

Question 4

Answer 4

Tuileries Palace and Gardens, Paris, 1564-72; gardens redesigned between 1664-­66,

Catherine de’ Medici (1519-­‐89), Queen of France, 1547-­‐59:

André le Notre, landscape architect

Question 5

Answer 5

Tuileries Palace and Gardens, Paris, 1564‐72; gardens redesigned between 1664‐ 66,

Catherine de’ Medici (1519‐89), Queen of France, 1547‐59:

André le Notre, landscape architect

Question 6

Answer 6

Luxembourg Garden, Paris, 1612, Tommaso Francini, garden designer

Marie de’ Medici (1575‐1642), Queen of France, 1600‐10:

born in Boboli gardens

• irregular space
• a Tuscan garden

Question 7

Answer 7

Versaille, 1668, artist: Pierre Patel

*** Give sense that Louise is in charge - that Versaille extends to include the vast countryside

Question 8

Answer 8

Versaille

• all water brought from elsewhere, water only ‘played’ when king present, all fountains could not be seen at same time

Question 9

Answer 9

Marly-le-Roi, 1677-1684

Louise’s getaway from life at Versaille; hunting park

Location of amazing Marly Machine for lifting water

Question 10

Answer 10

Palace & Gardens at Caserta, Italy - Near Naples, 1753

Charles VII King of Naples; Luigi Vanvitelli, architect

Large palace, 5 radial roads - similarities to Shalamar/Nishat Bagh: sheets and sheets of water

1.7 mile water - symbolic river to ‘spring’ in mountains; water delivered by aqueduct