You are fortunate to be able to attend such an exhibition! I have not heard of this person (my bad)

So VDP finally went to the current exhibition at the palace: André Le Nôtre in perspectives . Although we are now in 2014, it is part of the 2013 Le Nôtre year celebrations to commemorate the 400th birthday of the genius gardener of Louis XIV. At the exhibition, one learns that he was a pupil of Simon Vouet to better his drawing sport outlet skills, how he introduced amazing perspective into gardens as well as the fascinating technicalities of garden planning and how he still inspires today, in places like the National Mall in Washington, D.C. or even the National September 11 Memorial . For those of you in Greater Paris, if you haven't sport outlet been yet, there's still time until 23 February, run, run, it isn't to be missed! 2013 Le Nôtre year on VDP is this way !
VDP s'est finalement rendue à la fabuleuse expo André Le Nôtre en perspectives au château. sport outlet Bien que nous soyons maintenant en 2014, elle clôturait les célébrations de l'année Le Nôtre pour le 400è anniversaire sport outlet de la naissance du génial concepteur de jardins . On y apprend qu'il fut l'élève de Simon Vouet pour améliorer ses talents de dessinateur, comment il introduisit la perspective dans les jardins ainsi que les techniques utilisées et enfin, comment il a inspiré et continue d'inspirer aujourd'hui, jusqu'au National sport outlet Mall dans la capitale des Etats-Unis ou le mémorial du 11 septembre . Si vous n'avez pas encore vu l'expo, courez-y (jusqu'au 23/02), elle est fascinante. L'année Le Nôtre sur VDP, c'est par ici !
RedPat said...
You are fortunate to be able to attend such an exhibition! I have not heard of this person (my bad) but he sounds like a genius of sorts. And I've never really sport outlet thought about garden planning. Don't you just throw a bunch of plants in the ground and hope they grow? :) 29/1/14 12:40
I watched a program about the brilliant Andre Le Notre just a short while ago Ciel and savoured every moment. I've seen a few docos about Versailles.. j'adore. It is definitely on my list to visit again within the next year or so. 31/1/14 00:39
Versailles: sport outlet by European standards a very young town that sprang out of marshes towards sport outlet the end of the 17th century for a king's sport outlet whim. Nowadays, a city a stone's sport outlet throw from Paris with just over 85000 inhabitants, a famous palace that 11 million + people visit every year and... a place to photograph! A brief chronology is available in this sidebar if you scroll down.
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