Marie-Antoinette and the Last Garden at Versailles
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Marie-Antoinette has been idolized as the height of eighteenth-century French style and vilified as the spark that ignited the French Revolution. This book departs from such traditional interpretations of the infamous queen's reign and chooses to reflect on the humanistic aspects of her private realm. To escape the formalities and royal obligations of Louis XVI's court, Marie-Antoinette created a private realm of pleasure for herself at the Petit Trianon and Hameau, where she planted the first Anglo-Chinese garden; created a trysting grotto; a working farm; and revolutionized architecture and gardening trends for the century to come. Marie-Antoinette's entire private domain and its story are told in beautiful photographic detail by Fran?ois Halard for the first time since its recent restoration and accompanied by well-researched texts by garden expert Christian Duvernois.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0847830683
ISBN13:9780847830688
Release Date:October 2008
Publisher:Rizzoli International Publications
Length:224 Pages
Weight:3.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 9.8" x 12.3"
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