A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . VERSAILLES—LE dKXCE[,AI)E (p. I71). I,A IONIAlNh, hi, I \ K I .N(lM M !? I: ( | >. l/l) I. 10 l-ACK v. 171 ANDRE LE NOTRE 171 for its sheen and movement that Le Notre loved water so dearly. Acontemporary account (1688) of the gardens of Chantilly describes thegrand cascade as toute remplie de gradins, de lances, de nappes, debouillons deau et de marches sur lesquelles et des deux cot^s, Ieau sebrise avec un murmure agreable, and in a picture of Conde at ChantillyBossuet^
A history of French architecture from the death of Mazarin till the death of Louis XV, 1661-1774 . VERSAILLES—LE dKXCE[,AI)E (p. I71). I,A IONIAlNh, hi, I \ K I .N(lM M !? I: ( | >. l/l) I. 10 l-ACK v. 171 ANDRE LE NOTRE 171 for its sheen and movement that Le Notre loved water so dearly. Acontemporary account (1688) of the gardens of Chantilly describes thegrand cascade as toute remplie de gradins, de lances, de nappes, debouillons deau et de marches sur lesquelles et des deux cot^s, Ieau sebrise avec un murmure agreable, and in a picture of Conde at ChantillyBossuet^ wrote: quil embellit cette magnifique et delicieuse maison,ou quil conduisit ses amis dans ses superbes allees, au bruit de tant dejets deau qui ne se taisaient ni jour ni nuit, clitait toujours le memehomme et sa gloire le suivait partout. It was for its music, for themurmur of running water, as well as for its beauty that great French-men of the time of Louis XIV sought for water at almost any was much that was irrational and exasfg^erated in the o-ardendesign of that time, but any fair appreciation of it should take accou
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