A catalog of gardens by André Le Nôtre and their characteristics

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  • アンドレ・ル・ノートルの関わった庭園一覧とその特徴

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<p>This study catalogs all the gardens Le Nôtre worked on throughout his lifetime, and aims to reveal a complete picture of Le Nôtre’s works by identifying the characteristics of the 70 gardens included in this study, as well as their relevance to Le Nôtre, the characteristics of their benefactors, and their subsequent status. As a result, the study found that Le Nôtre’s workload peaked in his later years during his 60s, right as Louis XIV, who was 25 years his junior, was at the peak of his reign, because many imitation gardens were being built as the fame of the gardens of Versailles and French-style gardens rose along with the glory of the king. The study also discovered that benefactors of the gardens almost always had some sort of connection to Louis XIV, and that the 18 gardens still in existence today have all been repurposed as public facilities such as museums, art museums, or parks, a lesson learned from the Palace of Versailles, which avoided destruction by being repurposed as an art museum. Finally, the study found that the segmentation and sale of gardens during nationalization efforts during the French revolution, as well as the reinventing of gardens as landscape gardens after the 18th century, were common factors that contributed to the loss of the 52 other gardens.</p>

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