. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . THE GRAND CASCADE ST. CLOUD 126 European and Japanese Gardens. RUINS OF THE PALACE imagine the charm of ingenuousness with which such anticsmust have been accompanied for them to have been receivedas they were. When word of this event reached the court atVersailles, high wagers were laid that the tale was untrue be-cause incredible. But Louis XIV, when he heard the account,burst into laughter, asserting he knew it was true, Because said he, he kisses even me, when he has been long withoutseeing me ! M
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . THE GRAND CASCADE ST. CLOUD 126 European and Japanese Gardens. RUINS OF THE PALACE imagine the charm of ingenuousness with which such anticsmust have been accompanied for them to have been receivedas they were. When word of this event reached the court atVersailles, high wagers were laid that the tale was untrue be-cause incredible. But Louis XIV, when he heard the account,burst into laughter, asserting he knew it was true, Because said he, he kisses even me, when he has been long withoutseeing me ! M. Andre maintains that the great Frenchman foundnothing in Italy worthy of his attention, and returned withouthaving learned anything,—a claim which we need not take tooseriously. He busied himself, while there, by creating two ofthe finest gardens in the vicinity of Rome, those of the VillaPamfili and the Villa Ludovisi. He was ennobled in 1665, anddied in 1700. Coysevox, the sculptor of many of the exquisitedetails of the great gardeners work, executed his bust, whichis now in the Louvre. A list of Le Notres works would be too long for me to give
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