ARCH 212 1nd Edition Lecture 14Outline of Last Lecture I. TaoismII. Landscape PaintingsIII. Yu Yuan GardenIV. Wang Shi YuanV. Shi Zi LinVI.History of Courtyard HousesOutline of Current Lecture I. Chateau at Vaux-Le- VicomteII. VersaillesIII. Plan of Washington DCCurrent LectureI. Chateau at Vaux-Le- Vicomte- Architect: Louis Le Vaus- Landscape architect: Andre Le Notre- Painter: Charles Le Brun- Patron: Nicholas Fouquet- Hired 18,000 people to build, destroyed 3 towns, and moved a riveri. Fouquet wanted to build bigger outer walls because of the criticism - Symmetrical along a strong central axis- Special hierarchy with illusions of that play on the flatness and elevation of the land- Use of the water/ponds creates barriersi. Man- made; sculpted - The forest on all sides completes the sense of solitude- Desire to control the landscapei. Extremely manicured lawnsii. Parterre de broderie* - The main house is surround by a moat so that it looks like an island- Interior: the main ballroom is oval in shape and is decorated to look like an publicspaceThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. Not many corridors; bedrooms are set up like apartmentsII. Versailles- Designed by Louis Le Vaux, Andre Le Notre, and Charles Le Brun- Louis XIV hired them after he visited the Chateau at Vaux-Le-Vicomte- Created a dialog between urban planning and garden/villa designingi. Radiating streets that meet and intersected at circular spaces- Louis XIV spent more time at Versailles in order to move the royal court from Paris to Versailles- The main building has two facades: one that faces the gardens and the other faces the town of Versailles- Apollo Themei. Louis XIV referred to himself as the Sun Kingii. Apollo Basin- fountain iii. Various sculptors with Greek/Roman influence - Had a hard time bringing water to all of the fountains all at onceIII. Plan of Washington DC- Pierre L’Enfant created a grid system with long radials that connect/intersect through circular and square spacesi. Transverses cut through the grid to create faster travel through the cityii. His father worked at Versailles which is where he got his inspirationiii. Reference to supreme power - Thomas Jefferson also submitted a plan that was grid system that equally divided the cityi. Reference to democracy*Key TermsParterre de broderie- sculpted grass that looks like
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