La princesse de Clèves and the politics of Versailles garden design

Author

Leone, Ann

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Mosaic. 1994, Num. 2, Vol. 27, 25-48, 2 ill.

ISSN

0027-1276

Abstract (en)

Compares the literary conceit of the garden space in Madame de Lafayette's novel to the gardens at Versailles designed at the behest of Louis XIV by André Le Nôtre in 1678. Examines the definition of masculine power through garden design that was developed at Versailles, and shows that the use of garden spaces by the fictional Princess of Cleves parallels this strategy, while at the same time feminizing it.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Gardens -- France
• Gardens
• France
• 1600-1700
• Château de Versailles||Versailles (FRA)
• Le Nôtre, André, 1613-1700
• La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine, comtesse de, 1634-1693
• La Princesse de Clèves
• Comparison
• Power

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Architecture -- Jardins -- France
• Jardin
• France
• 1600-1700
• Château de Versailles||Versailles (FRA)
• Le Nôtre, André, 1613-1700
• La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine, comtesse de, 1634-1693
• La Princesse de Clèves
• Comparaison
• Pouvoir

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00314531

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