{Baroque Architecture [continued (17)]}[10th May 1991]

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*‘At Versailles, Le Vau showed his ability to deal with a building of imposing size. The simplicity of his forms and the rich, yet restrained, articulation of the garden facade, mark Versailles as his most accomplished building.

Le Nôtre's inventive disposition of ground, plant and water forms created a wide range of types of vista, terraces, gardens, and wooded areas that integrated palace and landscape into an environment ** emphasizing the delights of continuity and separation, of the infinite and the intimate.***

Upon Le Vau's death, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, grandnephew of Francois [Mansart], succeeded him and proved himself equal to Louis XIV's desires by more than trebling the size of the palace (1675-1708[ce]). Versailles became the palatial ideal to model throughout Europe & the Americas until the end of the 18th century.**** A succession of grand palaces was built, including the following: Castle Howard & Blenheim Palace by Sir John Vanbrugh in England;... [etc]

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*(c[irca]1668[ce])

2048ms~|GR~1664[ce]

**(cf earlier [[Redbook9:198-200][19910428:0955l]{Utopian Landscapes}*[28th April 1991],] re Landscapes & Utopias around G~-R~-C)

***C (cf [#’[0]’)

****2048R~1792[ce]

# – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 13:] 1017

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