LA 166 Lecture Outline 2-23-07

 

Public Gardens and Promenades

 

Private gardens of the king, the great lords, and some religious institutions

            open to the public.

 

 

The Tuileries:

 

1563 Catherine de Medici (Queen of France 1547-1559)

 

Italian style

 

1615

The parterres

 

Le Nôtre 1664

 

            The parterre and arbors

            A wide central allée

            Basins

 

1739

A modification of Le Nôtre’s design.

 

Musee de Orangerie.

 

 

Jardin du Luxembourg

 

Salomon de Brosse for Marie de Medici in the second decade of the 17th century.

 

The design:

 

            Renaissance character

            Jardin fleuriste

 

Activities

 

Ponies

Toy boats

Free bands

The Palace

 


Jardin des Plantes

 

Medicinal herbs

Louis XIII

Jean Heroard and Guy de la Brosse

 

Buffon, the French naturalist.

 

1793

Zoological garden