Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Territorial Ambitions and the Gardens of Versailles (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) Book

In Louis XIV's France, land took on new importance for the politics and court life. A sequestered aristocracy promenaded in formal gardens while the military moved across the landscape, marking state boundaries with fortresses and refiguring the interior with canals and forests. Chandra Mukerji highlights the connections between the seemingly disparate activities of engineering and garden design, showing how the gardens at Versailles showcased French skills in using nature and art to design a distinctively French landscape and create a naturalized political territoriality.Read More

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  • 0521599598
  • 9780521599597
  • Chandra Mukerji
  • 25 September 1997
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 420
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