Le Desert de Retz, Paysage Choisi
Le Desert de Retz, Paysage Choisi
$105.00
Cendres, Julien. + Chloe Radiguet. Le Desert de Retz, Paysage Choisi
Eclat, 2009
SKU: 83825
The first and beautifully illustrated monograph on the expansive gardens in the forest of Marly, le Desert de Retz. Designed in the late eighteenth century as a microcosm of architectural and landscape. it housed a Greek temple, an Egyptian pyramid, a Chinese pagoda, a Tartar tent attracting numerous politicians including Queen Marie-Antoinette, Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson, and prompted many contemporary artistic creations: Colette, Abel Gance, Jacques PrŽvert, and Jules Roy. Includes essays by Francois Mitterand, Pierre Morange.
176 pp., B&W and color illus. French. Pap.
