ARCH 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Louis Le Vau, Tuileries Palace, Tuileries Garden
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Bernini: third project was built 1665, east fa ade was built 1667-1670, built by claude perrault, le vau & le brun, paris, france. French baroque classicism: stoic, didactic, more restrained, self-imposed limitation on architectural vocabulary, ordered variety achieved through subtle adjustments in rhythm and proportions of mass and wall surface. Louvre & tuileries palace and garden: tuileries garden, by andre le notre, extended central axis out from the palace into the landscape introducing the idea of extending central axis to horizon. [infinity] and conquering the landscape: french baroque was more rigid than the italian baroque. 1624-1752: built by le vau, jules-hardouin mansart, and anges-jaques gabriel, versailles, france, gardens begin being built ca. 1670 by le vau: louis xiv moved court and national govt. to versailles, huge socially satisfied entry court, bed chamber, and hall of mirrors, mansart and charles le brun, garden fa ade. Orangerie- orange and lemon trees: waterworks for versailles.