Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521599597)

In Louis XIV's France, land took on new importance in politics and court life. A sequestered aristocracy promenaded in formal gardens while the military moved across the landscape, marking state boundaries with fortresses and refiguring the interior with canals and forests. Chandra Mukerji highlights the connections between the seemingly disparate activities of engineering and garden design, showing how the gardens at Versailles showcased French skills in using nature and art to design a distinctively French landscape and create a naturalized political territoriality.

Author: Chandra Mukerji
ISBN-10: 0521599598
ISBN-13: 9780521599597
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/25/1997
Pages: 420
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.86d