Mirrors of Infinity:
The French Formal Garden and 17th-Century Metaphysics
by Allen S. Weiss
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- Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
- Release date: January 1, 1996
- ISBN: 9781568980508 (1568980507)
- Author: Allen S. Weiss
- Language: english
- Format: paperback, 144 pages
About The Book
From the Japanese Zen Garden to Andr Le Notre’s Versailles, the history of landscape reveals that every garden embodies a philosophy. Focusing on the metaphysics, aesthetics, and theology of the seventeenth century, Allen Weiss’s analysis offers new insight into the major gardens of this period: Vaux-le-Vicomte, Chantilly, and Versailles.From the Meditations of Descartes and Pascal’s Penss, to the intrigues of court politics, Weiss reveals how the structure of these gardens reflects — sometimes literally — the power of Louis XIV, the relationship between God, King, sun, and infinity, and the new science of optics. Weiss’s sophisticated yet highly readable text combines contemporary theory with a careful historical reading. He gives us a richer understanding of gardens than allowed in more traditional formal and stylistic analyses.
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