Versailles


  • Date
    10/12/2006 (creation)
Related people
Aimee Moore (was created by)
Jules Hardouin Mansart (architect)
André Le Nôtre (landscape architect)
Louis Le Vau (architect)
Date
1661-1774
Description
The Baroque palace and gardens of Louis XIV were developed by a number of designers including Andre Le Notre and Louis Le Vau, the palace architect. Le Vau was in charge of remodeling the existing chateau without altering its basic lines; he was also asked to create an orangery. Le Brun was made responsible for the decoration of the chateau. Jules Hardouin-Mansart extended the palace following Le Vau's renovation and addition to the existing hunting lodge. Le Notre developed the plan to enlarge the gardens to a monumental scale with a large central axis and several transverse axes. Keywords: orangerie
Style/Period
17th Century (1600 - 1699 CE)
18th Century (1700 - 1799 CE)
Source
Jellicoe, Geoffrey and Jellicoe, Susan. (1975). The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day. New York, NY: The Viking Press. pg. 187.