The Baroque Landscape: Andre Le Notre & Vaux-Le-Vicomte

By Michael Brix and Brix Michael

Andre Le Notre (1613-1700) was one of the greatest landscape architects of 17th-century France. His designs for Louis XIV laid the groundwork for the whole Baroque style in landscaping."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847826066
• ISBN13: 9780847826063
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.7" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Cosmic vs. Baroque

For those who love Le Notre's gardens, this is a beautiful book. It has the best and most complete set of photographs of Vaux le Vicomte of any book I've seen. The analysis is very thorough and there are nice comparisons with Versailles and other gardens of his (in fact I'd like to see the a book of photographs like this on of the rest of his gardens). For those who really like this type of landscape, I'd suggest getting Vincent Scully's "Architecture" since his poetic and experiential descriptions and critiques of Le Notre's work are, to me, unsurpassed. The only quibble I have is with the title, since the only truly "baroque" elements that I would consider such are some of the patterns in the parterres or some of the sculpture. Maybe that is my mistake from considering Baroque exemplified more by overwrought decoration on architecture and interiors. To me, Le Notre's work is more cosmic, more similar to grand pre-colombian ruins than any other European creations.