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Book Synopsis The Fountain of Latona by : Thomas F. Hedin
Download or read book The Fountain of Latona written by Thomas F. Hedin and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2022-05-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ovid tells the story of Latona, the mother by Jupiter of Apollo and Diana. In her flight from the jealous Juno, she arrives faint and parched on the coast of Asia Minor. Kneeling to sip from a pond, Latona is met by the local peasants, who not only deny her effort but muddy the water in pure malice. Enraged, Latona calls a curse down upon the stingy peasants, turning them to frogs. In his masterful study, Thomas F. Hedin reveals how and why a fountain of this strange legend was installed in the heart of Versailles in the 1660s, the inaugural decade of Louis XIV’s patronage there. The natural supply of water was scarce and unwieldy, and it took the genius of the king’s hydraulic engineers, working in partnership with the landscape architect André Le Nôtre, to exploit it. If Ovid’s peasants were punished for their stubborn denial of water, so too the obstacles of coarse nature at Versailles were conquered; the aquatic iconography of the fountain was equivalent to the aquatic reality of the gardens. Latona was designed by Charles Le Brun, the most powerful artist at the court of Louis XIV, and carried out by Gaspard and Balthazar Marsy. The 1660s were rich in artistic theory in France, and the artists of the fountain delivered substantial lectures at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on subjects of central concern to their current work. What they professed was what they were visualizing in the gardens. As such, the fountain is an insider’s guide to the leading artistic ideals of the moment. Louis XIV was viewed as the reincarnation of Apollo, the god of creativity, the inspiration of artists and scientists. Hedin’s original argument is that Latona was a double declaration: a glorification of the king and a proud manifesto by artists.
Book Synopsis A fountain of gardens by : Jane Lead
Download or read book A fountain of gardens written by Jane Lead and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Fountain of Gardens by : Wilma Paterson
Download or read book A Fountain of Gardens written by Wilma Paterson and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated reference to the natural bounty found in the Bible, featuring quotes from the Old and New Testaments and fascinating information based on classic texts. Some of the illustrations have not been reproduced in this century. Includes recipes for cosmetics, herbal cures, and potpourris. 74 full-color illustrations.
Book Synopsis A Fountain of Gardens by : Jane Lead
Download or read book A Fountain of Gardens written by Jane Lead and published by . This book was released on 1696 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Backyard Water Gardens by : Veronica Fowler
Download or read book Backyard Water Gardens written by Veronica Fowler and published by Strange Chemistry. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backyard Water Gardens is a complete overview of everything you need to know in order to create a backyard water feature, from ideas, to installation, to maintaining, to stocking with plants and fish.
Book Synopsis The Fountain Of Gardens by : Jane Lead
Download or read book The Fountain Of Gardens written by Jane Lead and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1700 Edition.
Book Synopsis Fountains and Water Features by : Rosalind Hopwood
Download or read book Fountains and Water Features written by Rosalind Hopwood and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key design element since the first gardens were tilled, water has been managed into a surprising range of styles — in symbolic and mythological themes, for private contemplation, and for large-scale displays of power and wealth. This book traces the history of fountains and describes key examples such as Moorish water gardens in Spain, Renaissance pleasure fountains, impressive schemes at Chatsworth and Vaux le Vicomte, and a wide range of contemporary cascades. More than 150 color illustrations depict these inspiring features.
Book Synopsis The Less Is More Garden by : Susan Morrison
Download or read book The Less Is More Garden written by Susan Morrison and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Big ideas for your small garden.” —Garden Design When it comes to gardens, bigger isn’t always better, and The Less Is More Garden shows you how to take advantage of every square foot of space. Designer Susan Morrison offers savvy tips to match your landscape to your lifestyle, draws on years of experience to recommend smart plants with seasonal interest, and suggests hardscape materials to personalize your space. Inspiring photographs highlight a variety of inspiring small-space designs from around the country. With The Less Is More Garden, you’ll see how limited space can mean unlimited opportunities for gorgeous garden design.
Book Synopsis Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home by : Editors of Creative Homeowner
Download or read book Garden Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls for Your Home written by Editors of Creative Homeowner and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to design and create water gardens, ponds, and fountains. Over 490 color photographs and illustrations.
Book Synopsis A Fountain of Gardens: Or, A Spiritual Diary Of The Wonderful Experiences Of a Christian Soul, Under the Conduct of the Heavenly Wisdom by : Jane Lead
Download or read book A Fountain of Gardens: Or, A Spiritual Diary Of The Wonderful Experiences Of a Christian Soul, Under the Conduct of the Heavenly Wisdom written by Jane Lead and published by . This book was released on 1701 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fountains, Statues, and Flowers by : Elisabeth B. MacDougall
Download or read book Fountains, Statues, and Flowers written by Elisabeth B. MacDougall and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1994 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.
Download or read book The Holy Bible written by Adam Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Fountain of Gardens by : Joyce E. James-Roberson
Download or read book A Fountain of Gardens written by Joyce E. James-Roberson and published by . This book was released on 2008-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book promises to answer questions you might have about the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane where Christ Jesus often prayed. It is no secret; we are all a part of the Garden of God. This is where the history of Adam and Eve began. You will began to understand the significance of the Garden of Eden and the Garden of Gethsemane. Every instructor and leader should obtain a copy of this book for generations to come.
Book Synopsis A Fountain of Gardens by : Jane Lead
Download or read book A Fountain of Gardens written by Jane Lead and published by . This book was released on 1696 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Monster in the Garden by : Luke Morgan
Download or read book The Monster in the Garden written by Luke Morgan and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters, grotesque creatures, and giants were frequently depicted in Italian Renaissance landscape design, yet they have rarely been studied. Their ubiquity indicates that gardens of the period conveyed darker, more disturbing themes than has been acknowledged. In The Monster in the Garden, Luke Morgan argues that the monster is a key figure in Renaissance culture. Monsters were ciphers for contemporary anxieties about normative social life and identity. Drawing on sixteenth-century medical, legal, and scientific texts, as well as recent scholarship on monstrosity, abnormality, and difference in early modern Europe, he considers the garden within a broader framework of inquiry. Developing a new conceptual model of Renaissance landscape design, Morgan argues that the presence of monsters was not incidental but an essential feature of the experience of gardens.
Book Synopsis Gardens and Gardeners of the Ancient World by : Linda Farrar
Download or read book Gardens and Gardeners of the Ancient World written by Linda Farrar and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest of times people have sought to grow and nurture plants in a garden area. Gardens and Gardeners of the Ancient World traces the beginning of gardening and garden history, from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, to the Minoans and Mycenaeans, Greeks, Etruscans and Romans, through Byzantine, Islamic and Persian gardens right up to the Middle Ages. It shows how gardens in each period were designed and cultivated. Evidence for garden art and horticulture is gathered from surviving examples of ancient art, literature, archaeology, actual period gardens that have survived the centuries and the wealth of garden myths associated with certain plants. These sources bring ancient gardens and their gardeners back to life, and provide information on which plants were chosen as garden worthy, their setting and the design and appearance of ancient gardens. Deities associated with aspects of gardens and the garden's fertility are featured - everyone wanted a fertile garden. Different forms of public and domestic gardens are explored, and the features that you would find there; whether paths, pools, arbors and arches, seating or decorative sculpture. The ideal garden could be like the Greek groves of the Academy in Athens, a garden so fine that it was comparable with that of the mythical king Alcinoos, the paradise contemplated by the Islamic world, or a personal version of a garden of Eden that Early Christians could create for themselves or in the forecourt of their churches. In general books on garden history cover all periods up to the present, often placing all ancient gardens in one chapter at the beginning. But there is so much of interest to be found in these early millennia. Generously illustrated with 150 images, with plant lists for each period, this is essential reading for everyone interested in garden history and ancient societies.
Book Synopsis The Gardener of Versailles by : Alain Baraton
Download or read book The Gardener of Versailles written by Alain Baraton and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.
