Marie-Antoinette's legacy : the politics of French garden patronage and picturesque design, 1775-1867 /

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Challenging the established historiography that frames the French picturesque garden movement as an international style, this book contends that the French picturesque gardens from 1775 until 1867 functioned as liminal zones at the epicenter of court patronage systems. Four French consorts - queen M...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taylor-Leduc, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Gardens, French.
Gardens > Social aspects > History.
Jardins français.
Jardins > Aspect social > Histoire.
French gardens.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
Horticulture.
Gardens (descriptions, history etc)
GARDENING / Garden Design.
Gardens, French
Gardens > Social aspects
History of design.
Gender studies: women and girls.
Marie-Antoinette, Joséphine Bonaparte, First Empire, Second Empire, French Revolution, Picturesque, Gardens.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Spatial Legacies
  • Prologue: Consorts and Fashionistas
  • 1 A Gambling Queen: Marie-Antoinette's Gamescapes (1775-1789)
  • 2 Revolutionary Surprises (1789-1804)
  • 3 A Créole Empress: Joséphine at Malmaison (1799-1810)
  • 4 The Imperial Picturesque: Napoléon, Joséphine, and Marie-Louise (1810-1814)
  • 5 Empress Eugénie: Picturesque Patrimony at the Universal Exposition of 1867
  • Epilogue
  • Index

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