Title: Mirrors of Infinity - The French Formal Garden and 17th-Century Metaphysics
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1568980507
ISBN 13: 9781568980508
Binding: Softcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Fine

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From the Japanese Zen Garden to Andr Le Notre's Versailles, the history of landscape reveals that every garden embodies a philosophy. Focusing on the metaphysics, aesthetics, and theology of the seventeenth century, Allen Weiss's analysis offers new insight into the major gardens of this period: Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chantilly, and Versailles.

From the Meditations of Descartes and Pascal's Penss, to the intrigues of court politics, Weiss reveals how the structure of these gardens reflects—sometimes literally—the power of Louis XIV, the relationship between God, King, sun, and infinity, and the new science of optics. Weiss's sophisticated yet highly readable text combines contemporary theory with a careful historical reading. He gives us a richer understanding of gardens than allowed in more traditional formal and stylistic analyses.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

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