Garden at Monceau (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300254686)

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'Orl饌ns, duc de Chartres. With its array of architectural follies intended to surprise and amaze the visitor, the garden was a setting for ancien r馮ime 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.

Distributed for the Foundation for Landscape Studies and the Oak Spring Garden Foundation

Author: Carmontelle
ISBN-10: 0300254687
ISBN-13: 9780300254686
Publisher: Oak Spring Garden Library
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2020
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 12.20h x 9.30w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2021