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Illusions of Grandeur
In Fritz Allhoff & Dan O'Brien (eds.), Gardening ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 161–177 (2010-09-24)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: A Temple of Apollo Quoting the Roman Garden Villa Harmonic Proportions The Sculptural Program Expanding the Theme of Harmony Notes.
cosmic garden illusions of grandeur ‐ A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King French monarch Louis XIV, “Louisle‐Grand” or “Louis the Great” – on the European political stage Louis XIV, inheritance of royal palaces and châteaux, the Louvre in Paris ‐ lavishing attention on the old hunting lodge at Versailles art of gardening, status enjoyed ‐ as in painting, sculpture, architecture, theatre, music and dance Louis XIV's principal architect, Jules Hardouin‐Mansart ‐ and the circular white‐marble arcade Hardouin‐Mansart's circular temple and imperial villa – symbolic of the Temple of Apollo Colonnade, Versailles, with table fountains, circular water channel, spandrels and a keystone mask Hardouin‐Mansart, synthesizing concepts of villa colonnade with peripteral temple colonnade ‐ and Hadrian's circular water channel sculpture in Spandrel 16, the putti holding a lyre and panpipe ‐ ancient legends, a comical contest between Apollo and the satyr Pan
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