{"product_id":"the-world-of-andr-le-thierry-mariage-9780812221367","title":"The World of André Le Nôtre","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gardens of Versailles--along with the name of their chief creator, André Le Nôtre (1613-1700)--have become synonymous with the French style of \"formal\" garden. This style in its turn would succumb to another \"national\" mode, the English school of naturalistic and picturesque landscapes. But as Thierry Mariage makes clear, the garden style that Le Nôtre 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished originally in Belgium as \u003ci\u003eL'univers de Le Nostre\u003c\/i\u003e, Mariage's examination of Le Nôtre moves beyond traditional art historical documentation and appreciation into a realm of interpretation. He situates Le Nôtre's garden art in a complex social and cultural world, where the practices of land management, surveying techniques and hydrology, military practice, and both scientific and literary perspectives on land use and experience brought into being a unique form of landscape architecture. His analysis opens up the fashion in which design techniques and garden philosophy are shaped by material culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thierry Mariage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812221362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812221367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Thierry Mariage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980583272703,"sku":"9780812221367","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb90a989-288d-47a5-ae54-6a74f7668d6d.jpg?v=1683250728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-of-andr-le-thierry-mariage-9780812221367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}