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gardens of magnificence
We have no idea what the Garden of Eden resembled. Painters have generally rendered it as a flowering green background to highlight Eve’s white nakedness. What we do know is that humanity from the start has delighted in gardens. In … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged Andre Le Notre, francis bacon on gardens, Francois Boucher, Jean Antoine Watteau, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Louis XIV, Louis XIV Sun King, Moliere, Nicolas Poussin, renaissance gardens, Sir Francis Bacon, thomas traherne
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