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FRENCH

GARDEN


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I NTRODUCTION • The French garden was inspired by Italian

ideas but result was in different style andspirit as they used Moated Chateau in the

French garden.

• The Italian artists LENAR! AN

CELLINI ga"e birth to French

landscape.• Now French garden were free fro#

#oats and walls$ but still theypreferred %ECL&%I!N


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• Trellis gallery was added to the #ain

garden and the garden also had a co"ered

circu#ference wal'.

• French repeatedly attac' Italy and along

with "ictory$ carried ho#e (( artists and )*

tons of ob+ect ,art.


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FEATURES•It basically contains

1. TOPIARY


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. STATUES


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3.PARGOLA


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4. FOUNTAIN


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5. HEDGES

6. PATHWAYS


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16th century

• It was fnely drawn by carvali

• Its eatures are• The basecomm is low• The orecourt is raised•

The court o honor is yet higher butlater abandoned• Other main eatures are• PARTERRE• MAZE• !OT "AR#E!• $ere %arterre means a level %lace in

the garden which means &'( #I)I&IO!


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• On earth is to be loo*ed down u%on•"ardens were divided and sub+divided it togreat no o rectangles in to di,erent way

•MAZE•It means a networ* o %athways andwallsor hedges through which one has to fnd a

way

-O!-EPT O. PARTERRE/


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!OT "AR#E!

• Established in ' a *not

garden is a very ormaldesign o garden in a s0uarerame

• These *not gardens let little roomor %lants inside %artition


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• In the 17th century French gardens wereconstructed in a style that emphasized thecontrol and manipulation of nature.

• Garden architects attempted to create large

gardens with many sections, that overallpossessed a geometrical design.

• The control of nature was apparent in

three very popular aspects of Frenchgardens aviaries, menageries andfountains. The inclusion of these aspects inprivate gardens was a statement of wealth,

as well as an easy was to entertain guests.

17th century


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DU CHATEAU ET DES JARDINS DE

VERSAILLES


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• !ince zoos were not yet a formalinstitution in 17th century France,

many menageries contained wild ande"otic animals.

• #nother very important aspect of

French gardens was water.• The theory of the French garden wasthe formal su$ordination of nature to

reason and order with a simultaneousromantic awareness of nature%sfreedom. &ater was the perfect

metaphor for this practice.


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• #rchitects could alter the flow of water and could manipulate it in the

form of fountains and pools, however, water always maintained a certain levelof freedom with the light and images it

reflected.• &ater was also important $ecause it was another display of wealth, aspumping devices and construction offountains were costly endeavors.


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•In the 1'th century (ngland gave $irthto a style of gardens that focused on therediscovery of nature.•This type of garden gained popularity

in France.

1'th century


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•The long, winding pathwayssurrounded $y gardens and acres of

natural lands, allowed visitors toescape into the peacefulness of thecountryside

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•)y e"amining the two images $elowone can see how drastically garden

styles changed $etween the 17th and1'th centuries. #ll sense of geometryand organization is gone, and is

replaced with a very rela"ed, naturalsetting.


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• The $eauty and simplicity of *le +ardin

paysager,* coupled with gardens%increasingly touted health $enefits,founded the French garden as an idealplace for $ourgeois socializing.• The attempts to achieve this sense ofescape from the city into the countrysidecan $e seen in the many aspects that

constitute a French garden.

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