Vaux-le-Vicomte (English spelling)

Japanese: Vaux-le-Vicomte(英語表記)VauxleVicomte
Vaux-le-Vicomte (English spelling)

...He particularly made use of the canals (waterways) for this purpose. His breakthrough was the gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte, the residence of Fouquet, who served as Minister of Finance under Mazarin. The gardens measured 1.2 km from north to south and 0.6 km from east to west. This garden caught the eye of Louis XIV, and Le Nôtre went on to design the gardens of the famous Palace of Versailles.

From Le Notre

…He is especially famous for his original geometric gardens, influenced by the perspective theories of J.F. Niceron and G. Desargues. The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (1656-61), considered the first Baroque building in France, features a garden by Le Nôtre, as well as a building by Le Bau. The garden is characterized by its axial lines, bilateral symmetry, as well as the perspective effect of the garden as a whole, the garden structures arranged in circles, squares, cones, and prisms, and the plantings. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Vaux-le-Vicomte" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…とくにこのために彼が活用したのは,カナール(水路)である。彼の出世作は,マザランのもとで大蔵卿をつとめたフーケの城館,ボー・ル・ビコントVaux‐le‐Vicomteの庭園で,それは南北1.2km,東西0.6kmの広さをもっていた。この庭がルイ14世の目にとまり,ル・ノートルは有名なベルサイユ宮殿の庭をデザインすることになる。…

【ル・ノートル】より

…とりわけニスロンJ.F.NiceronやデザルグG.Desarguesの透視図法理論に影響され,独自の幾何学的庭園を考え出した点で名高い。フランスにおける最初のバロック建築とみなされるボー・ル・ビコントVaux‐le‐Vicomteの城館(1656‐61)は,ル・ボーによる建物とともに,ル・ノートルの庭園が配せられている。軸線,左右対称性に加えて庭園全体の透視図法的効果,円や正方形あるいは円錐や角柱状に整えられた庭園構築物,植栽などが,この庭園を特徴づけている。…

※「Vaux-le-Vicomte」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Vázquez, J.

>>:  Vauxhall-Gardens (English spelling) VauxhallGardens

Recommend

Indictio - Indictio

…In Alexandria, there were two theories, Panodoro...

Drawing - Utsushie

A magic lantern spectacle that was performed at fe...

Domiduca

She was originally a goddess closely related to w...

Dore - Which (English spelling) Gustave Doré

French painter and illustrator. Born in Strasbour...

Sewage bacteria - Osuikkin

…Also read as “shosaikin.” Bacteria whose bacteri...

Maximum tolerated dosis

...For pharmaceuticals that may be ingested or co...

Brussels sprouts - mekabetu

A biennial plant of the Brassicaceae family. It i...

Amamonzeki - Amamonzeki

…A nun is called Ama-gozen as a respectful title....

Cabbage White Butterfly (English name: Artogeia rapae)

An insect of the family Pieridae in the order Lepi...

Wealth politics

...However, even within the Marxist anti-establis...

Mirage - Shinkiro

A phenomenon in which the direction in which an o...

Ring caries - dentition

…Because the classification of these fossils is u...

Ookabe - Large Wall

In framed construction, this refers to a wall tha...

Internal division - internal division

〘noun〙① division. ② something that is kept secret ...

Bitolj

...A city in southwestern Macedonia. In Serbian i...