. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. European and Japanese Gardens. PLAN OF THE PARK OF MARLY poetry, and of Le Notre in gardening. ;Of what immense inter- est it would be to show how this principle holds through the history of all the arts,—that he is greatest who can take what other men have done and better it, perfect it,—not he who pre- sumptuously shatters traditions, essaying, as it were, what no one has ever succeeded in doing, anew and alone to construct an art out of his own inner consciousness. Andre Le Notre w
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. European and Japanese Gardens. PLAN OF THE PARK OF MARLY poetry, and of Le Notre in gardening. ;Of what immense inter- est it would be to show how this principle holds through the history of all the arts,—that he is greatest who can take what other men have done and better it, perfect it,—not he who pre- sumptuously shatters traditions, essaying, as it were, what no one has ever succeeded in doing, anew and alone to construct an art out of his own inner consciousness. Andre Le Notre was born at Paris in 1613. He was the son of the King's sun'titendant, as his title was: what would correspond, I suppose, in our time and tongue, to Director of Works,—head gardener and outside man. The father was anxious to have his son become a painter, though in those days the natural course of events was for a man's son to follow in his father's footsteps. We are forced to draw the conclusion that the surinicndant had found his calling none too much like the beds of roses his business was to cultivate, since he went so far out of his wav to induce his son not to "5. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932; Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926; Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951; Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931; Honda, Kinkichiro?, 1850-1921. Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & Co.
Size: 1769px × 1412px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectgardens, bookyear1902
