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FRENCH

GARDEN

I NTRODUCTION
The French garden was inspired by Italian
ideas but result was in different style and
spirit as they used Moated Chateau in the
French garden.

The Italian artists LENARDO AND


CELLINI gave birth to French
landscape.
Now French garden were free from
moats and walls, but still they
preferred SECLUSION

French repeatedly attack Italy and along


with victory, carried home 22 artists and 45
tons of object Dart.
Trellis gallery was added to the main
garden and the garden also had a covered
circumference walk.

FEATURES
It basically contains
1. TOPIARY

2. STATUES

3.PARGOLA

4. FOUNTAIN

5. HEDGES

6. PATHWAYS

16th century
It was finely drawn by carvali
Its features are
The basecomm is low
The forecourt is raised
The court of honor is yet higher but
later abandoned
Other main features are
PARTERRE
MAZE
KNOT GARDEN
Here parterre means a level place in
the garden which means SUB DIVISION

CONCEPT OF PARTERRE:
On earth is to be looked down upon
Gardens were divided and sub-divided it to
great no of rectangles in to different way

MAZE
It means a network of pathways andwalls
or hedges through which one has to find a
way

KNOT GARDEN
These knot gardens left little room
for plants inside partition
Established in UK a knot
garden is a very formal
design of garden in a square
frame

17th century
In the 17th century French gardens were
constructed in a style that emphasized the
control and manipulation of nature.
Garden architects attempted to create large
gardens with many sections, that overall
possessed a geometrical design.
The control of nature was apparent in
three very popular aspects of French
gardens: aviaries, menageries and
fountains. The inclusion of these aspects in
private gardens was a statement of wealth,
as well as an easy was to entertain guests.

DU CHATEAU ET DES JARDINS DE


VERSAILLES

Since zoos were not yet a formal


institution in 17th century France,
many menageries contained wild and
exotic animals.
Another very important aspect of
French gardens was water.
The theory of the French garden was
the formal subordination of nature to
reason and order with a simultaneous
romantic awareness of nature's
freedom. Water was the perfect
metaphor for this practice.

Architects could alter the flow of


water and could manipulate it in the
form of fountains and pools, however,
water always maintained a certain level
of freedom with the light and images it
reflected.
Water was also important because it
was another display of wealth, as
pumping devices and construction of
fountains were costly endeavors.

18th century
In the 18th century England gave birth
to a style of gardens that focused on the
rediscovery of nature.
This type of garden gained popularity
in France.

The long, winding pathways


surrounded by gardens and acres of
natural lands, allowed visitors to
escape into the peacefulness of the
countryside
JARDINS DE LA REINE

By examining the two images below


one can see how drastically garden
styles changed between the 17th and
18th centuries. All sense of geometry
and organization is gone, and is
replaced with a very relaxed, natural
setting.

The beauty and simplicity of "le jardin


paysager," coupled with gardens'
increasingly touted health benefits,
founded the French garden as an ideal
place for bourgeois socializing.
The attempts to achieve this sense of
escape from the city into the countryside
can be seen in the many aspects that
constitute a French garden.

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